quotations about teamwork
Teamwork is consciously espoused but unwittingly shunned by most people in business because they are deathly afraid of it. They think it will render them anonymous, invisible.
LORENZO G. FLORES
Executive Career Advancement: How to Understand the Politics of Promotion
Teamwork is work.
MARGARET ANDREWS
"Teams: Lessons Learned", Inside Higher ED, May 17, 2017
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
When the head aches, all the members share the pain.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
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
Teamwork makes the dream work.
ANONYMOUS
To be a team, you must be a family.
DON MEYER
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
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
In today's fast-paced and ever-changing expanding world, teamwork is becoming a more and more essential soft skill for everyone from the CEO to the night guard.
KYLE CABRAL
"Teamwork: How Men Effectively Work Together on the Same Project", The Good Men Project, June 16, 2017
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
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.
MITCHELL CAPLAN
attributed, Book of Business Quotations
The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.
MARGARET CARTY
attributed, Dictionary of Quotations in Communications
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
KOBE BRYANT
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
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
People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.
TOM VILSACK
speech, January 10, 2006
Teamwork is key, but selling out your friends for your own survival can work too.
JASON NAWARA
"'Friday the 13th: The Game' Is a Hilarious And Brutal Game Of Adult Hide And Seek", Uproxx, May 27, 2017
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
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
In order to throw yourself completely into your role, you have to accept that you are second to the team, and your individual success is tied to your team's success.
JAY BILAS
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
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