Quotes About Teamwork

Role issues are invariably one of the top three problems teams face (ineffective processes and communication represent the other two major team problems).

We see similar thinking in managers who feel you can just throw a group of people together and hope that a team will form. If the right people luckily end up in the group, if the chemistry is just right, and if the situation is perfect, a team might develop.

To respect someone in a team setting means to show honor and esteem for his or her contribution. We must acknowledge that we need one another and we must show equal concern for every member. If one member suffers, we all suffer. If one member is honored, we are all honored. We are a team.

Within the team you must balance demands, sometimes conflicting, between individual team members and the task, between individual team members and the team, between the team and the task, and between the team and the larger organization. Again, you're a juggler. And if you drop one of these balls, you must invest in damage control.

Ultimately leadership boils down to a relationship. High-quality relationships are based on trust—trust of one anothers' competence as well as character.

Communication is the very means of cooperation.

Among all of us there was a leadership philosophy expressed to the entire organization: If there is a problem and you tell me, it's our problem. If there is a problem and you don't tell me, it's your problem—and you don't want to have a problem!

the first thing is that a leader needs to be able to assemble and have a disciplined team. That discipline supports the whole team. It's the work ethic; it's the constant facts and analysis, constantly delving into it.

that can lead to a better place for all involved. And it allows everybody to feel that they were involved in shaping the outcome.

How do you think it affected his view of what he could achieve and his level of devotion to the success of his team?

Considero —dijo Schwab— que el mayor bien que poseo es mi capacidad para despertar entusiasmo entre los hombres, y que la forma de desarrollar lo mejor que hay en el hombre es por medio del aprecio y el aliento.

You may work for or own a company. Company is derived from an old French word meaning companion; and companion is literally com, with, and panis, bread. Your companion is one with whom you have bread. A company is really an association of people who are trying to make their bread together.

We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew. There's something for all of us here. There's big work to do and there's lesser to do and the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail, if you can't be the sun, be a star; it isn't by the size that you win or you fail, be the best of whatever you are!

PRINCIPLE 4 Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

As respostas surgiram depressa: lealdade, honestidade, iniciativa, otimismo, trabalho em equipe, entusiasmo durante as oito horas de trabalho. A reunião terminou com um sentimento de coragem e inspiração

Giving away credit is a magical multiplier

There is no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

there is little you can't accomplish in collaboration with others.

To manipulate, drive or manage people is not the same thing as to lead them. To

Many hands make light work.

ASS of U and ME.

If you always work with good, dedicated people, both above and below you, then you will learn to thrive in an environment of excellence.

Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they'll find a way to screw it up. Give a mediocre idea to a good team, and they'll find a way to make it better. The goal needs to be to get the team right, get them moving in the right direction, and get them to see where they are making mistakes and where they are succeeding.

Hire people smarter than you. Fail early, fail often. Listen to everyone's ideas. Face toward the problems. B-level work is bad for your soul. It's more important to invest in good people than in good ideas.