Quotes about Teamwork

Part of your purpose in life is to build strong and fruitful relationships with others, and your work setting is a perfect place to start.

The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work.

Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody. I guess that's the job I do.

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

In the world of teams and teamwork I often find the belief that to work and communicate effectively, team members must be close comrades. In fact, this is a common misperception. Although team members don't need to know one another very well personally to perform as a team, they do need to know one another's abilities and potential contributions.

Five rather small dogs can be very powerful. If you can get a team pulling together in one direction, you can get enormous power out of them.1 What a great illustration about cooperation in the face of contrast and difference.

Effective team leaders work creatively with each team member to ensure they understand the following issues: Why this task is important to the organization. Why this team task is important to them personally. Why they (their role) are important to the team. Who the other team members are and why they are important to the mission of the team.

Alignment cannot be achieved with one good speech from the bridge of the ship—it is established one person at a time. Even though everyone is in the same boat, heading in the same direction, it's quite likely they are going there for different reasons. Yes, working through these issues one person at a time is time consuming, but not as time consuming and frustrating as dealing with lack of alignment when the boat is in the middle of a storm, part way to its destination.

Leadership in a team environment is all about serving, facilitating, and releasing rather than taking charge and being in control.

High performance teams master the art of straight talk. They have learned how to confront issues and address behaviors without attacking or provoking one another.

When prejudice between team members is present within the team, it's as though a hockey team voluntarily decided to place one or two of their members in the penalty box, and attempted to compete effectively against the opposing team with fewer players.