quotations about teamwork
We = power
LORII MYERS
Targeting Success
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.
MITCHELL CAPLAN
attributed, Book of Business Quotations
Teamwork enhances our skills of coordination and communication, and in a way it forces us to see the bigger picture, where individualistic dreams have to transcend into collective wants.
SHELLY ARISTIZABAL
This is Your Year: To Design and Live the Life of Your Dreams
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When the head aches, all the members share the pain.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
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 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
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
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 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
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
Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.
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