Viola Davis Quotes

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

You have to, in your own life, get people to want to work with you and want to help you. The organizational chart, in my opinion, means very little. I need my bosses' goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.

When I'm hiring leaders, I pay a lot of attention to what their peers and what people who report to them say about them. We want people who relate well with their peers and cooperate in an exchange of information rather than being overly competitive.

I always try to talk to my younger teammates in the same way I would do with my older ones and you can see in their eyes how much showing them some respect means.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

I've always just tried to treat people with respect, build relationships with players and coaches... build a trust.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.

I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

I don't put together cars, I put together people.

There are over 50 brilliant scientists working at my lab, and being sensitive to their needs is among the top skill sets that scientists like me have to learn.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.

I'm just human, and I have great relationships with the people that work for me.

There's four main pillars to the bow tie - self-representation, service, collaboration and critical thought. You have to understand how to represent yourself and critically understand how to collaborate and serve others.

It's very important to have a good relationship with the crew and cast because you want to get the best out of them. They'll work really hard for you if they like you.

Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you.

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.

I will respect Ferrari's decision for whoever is next to me and at the end it's my job to adapt to the person next to me and you can always learn from whoever is your team mate.

Coach Pederson, for me, the communication we have is clear, and it's an open line. He really respects my opinion on plays. If I'm feeling something... he instills a lot of confidence in me. That is huge.