Quotes About Teamwork

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice.

I'm not even an engineer. I don't have a college degree; I hire guys with college degrees.

We're really critical with the process of who we hire. But when you put great people in position, that's how you avoid any missteps.

Our job is quite strange in that we hire a coach, and therefore, we're the boss. But coaches tell us what to do, and I think some coaches might struggle with the idea of a girl being the boss and telling them, 'I don't want to see you now. I want to have some time to myself.'

Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.

I think in general, people who aren't themselves entrepreneurs are often more risk averse. And I think you see this dynamic a lot with entrepreneurial people who lead a company, which is that they hire people who complement them.

I won't hire someone or date a girl who has not worked in a restaurant, and that's the honest truth. I don't think you know how it is until you've worked in a restaurant.

That's the great thing about being a director. You have your list of things you have to worry about and things you don't have to worry about. If you can hire someone or cast someone who equates to not having to worry about, it's great!

Successful companies hire people.

I have so many funny friends that I hang out and do bits with, and the fact that we can hire each other is amazing. I asked all of them to help make 'Kroll Show' the best that it can be. I'm selfishly trying to use their funny genius for my own benefit.

If you are going to fire this person or hire that person, do it all in a concentrated period. The Band-Aid gets ripped off, and everybody goes back to work.

If you hire great people, and they're all self-motivated, then you can get by without a lot of structure.

I know what I know and I also know what I don't know, and I make sure I hire the right people who can teach me.

If you hire a coach, I believe you should let them do their job.

You have to accept people for who they are. You can guide. You can give people chances. But you cannot hold on to people in fear that you are bad because you can't keep everyone you've hired.

You know, if I've done anything right, it has been hiring the right people.

I'm really good at hiring good people.

The company has grown so by hiring the right people, and a key person responsible for finding the right people is Ann Marr. Ann is responsible on both ends - finding the people and retaining them.

Historically, Jose Mourinho is not a manager who chops and changes his team and he's not big on rotation.

I play the way it's most effective for the team. They used to say I hit the ball too many times.

Your role as a founder changes dramatically once your team hits 10, 20, 50, 100, and so on. Sometimes you forget how big you've grown and continue to act as if you're still 10 people.

There have been quite a few films where we comediennes have come together, and all of them have been hits.

I've seen teams and I've been on teams where, when adversity hits you, you kind of crumble.