Quotes About Teamwork

Good managers succeed because of, not in spite of, their teams and raise their game by raising the game of the whole team, not by distancing themselves from them in pointing out their errors.

When you're an A+ person, you want A+ people around you, and everyone has to be accountable for doing A+ work.

That's what champions do; they put people in place to get results and make everyone else around them look better.

Cleaner Law: surround yourself with those who want you to succeed, who recognize what it takes to be successful

No one achieves any great heights in life alone.

There is nothing that will empower and encourage your team more than to know you listen to them.

Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production; using people as a solution to a poor process multiplies problems.

So red teaming is: You take people who aren't wedded to the plan and [ask them,] 'How would you disrupt this plan or how would you defeat this plan?' If you have a very thoughtful red team, you'll produce stunning results.

expulsamos a un par de jefes de cada equipo SEAL por su incapacidad para mandar.

SCOTTY: She's all yours, sir. All systems automated and ready. A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her! CAPTAIN KIRK: Thank you, Mr. Scott. I'll try not to take that personally. —STAR TREK

NR: To have others work for you.

Franklin saw the constant benefit in making other people look good and letting them take credit for your ideas.

Feel free to lift together, but fail alone.

If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, you must go together.

How do I become less competitive in order that I can become more successful?

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."—Harry Truman

What you choose to work on, and who you choose to work with, are far more important than how hard you work.

Realize that bosses are supervisors, not slave masters.

How do you know if you have A-players on your project team? You know it if they don't just accept the strategy you hand them. They should suggest modifications to the plan based on their closeness to the details.

However, problems arose when we, as two leaders who had known each other only from a safe distance, began working together in the same room!

Let's roll.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

Douglas Stone and his colleagues give excellent advice on how to deal with some of the most challenging workplace encounters.