TEAMWORK QUOTES III

quotations about teamwork

Teamwork quote

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


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


Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

PAT RILEY

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


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

Tags: Kobe Bryant


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


Hand in hand with diversity, working in teams benefits individuals who are exposed to their colleagues' different approaches, experiences, perspectives and skills.

VICTORIA BIRD

"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017


Teamwork is important because it helps to overcome obstacles that one person could not overcome alone.

OLIVIA DESCHENES

"Player of the Week", Bridgton News, June 15, 2017


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


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


Teamwork is work.

MARGARET ANDREWS

"Teams: Lessons Learned", Inside Higher ED, May 17, 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


When the head aches, all the members share the pain.

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Don Quixote

Tags: Miguel de Cervantes


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

Tags: George Washington


Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction.

PAT RILEY

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


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


Teams don't just make us better workers, they make us better people.

VICTORIA BIRD

"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017


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


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


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