quotations about teamwork
A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
letter to Dr. William Gordon, July 8, 1783
Leadership is not about your ambition. It is about bringing out the ambitions of your team.
CHERYL A. BACHELDER
Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others
The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept that role, and strive to be excellent in playing it.
TOM CREAN
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.
NORMAN SHIDLE
attributed, Book of Business Quotations
Embrace your team self. The person you know as an individual do-er may not be the person you are on a team. We all have our personalities which are fairly constant, but being on a team can bring out aspects of each of us that we don't normally experience when working by ourselves. That's a good thing. The team will get what it needs, and you will discover something about yourself.
MARGARET ANDREWS
"Teams: Lessons Learned", Inside Higher ED, May 17, 2017
The team dynamic has to be a priority to sustain healthy and productive relationships. The more our team members valued membership in the team, the more motivated they were to perform.
MARGARET ANDREWS
"Teams: Lessons Learned", Inside Higher ED, May 17, 2017
Make every team member feel valued. Success as a team only can come when each team member is aware of the importance of their role in the team's success.
HANK DARLINGTON
"How's your showroom team?", Supply House Times, May 18, 2017
Teamwork is only fostered through an egalitarian and conscious approach to management.
DAVID BOYNTON
"Dover brewpub says new pay scale, no-tipping policy will be fairer", New Hampshire Union Leader, June 10, 2017
Teamwork makes the dream work.
ANONYMOUS
One person cannot do everything proficiently. In teams, individuals are able to share their strengths in complementary roles to produce meaningful results. With the interpersonal dynamics teamworking creates, collaboration offers more than the sum of its parts.
VICTORIA BIRD
"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017
A team is a mutual protection society formed to guarantee that no one person can be to blame for a botched committee job that one man would have performed satisfactorily.
RUSSELL BAKER
attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Business Quotations
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.
PATRICK LENCIONI
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.
MITCHELL CAPLAN
attributed, Book of Business Quotations
A strong team can be a microcosm of the organisation, espousing its values and working towards a shared purpose and a common goal.
VICTORIA BIRD
"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017
The whole point of teamwork is to share the responsibility so that everyone has a chance to lead.
SUZANNE GODDARD
"How to use effective teamwork in the workplace", Huddled, May 19, 2017
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I". And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I". They don't think "I". They think "we"; they think "team". They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit.
PETER DRUCKER
Managing the Nonprofit Organization
An army is greater than a warrior.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
The Little Book of Great Thoughts
We = power
LORII MYERS
Targeting Success
A player who makes the team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that's teamwork.
JOHN WOODEN
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.
DAVE DEBUSSCHERE
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball