Chris Squire Quotes

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Hopefully, if not it's not working right. I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I like cherries, I like bananas.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

If you have a strong sense of who you are and what you're doing, then it's actually easier to work with other people, because you don't have to worry about them or yourself. You're just worrying about getting the best product, and all that other stuff is out of the way.

I am very lucky in my team. They sit opposite me, and I get to see them every day sitting there staring at the seating chart, not doing much. It is almost like a chess game.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

I can lead my team.

I try to implement my own ways of making teams successful.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

Over the years, I really focused on doing the best job I could, working hard, getting great results, and working with my teams.

We know that you can only achieve certain targets by working.

As a manager, you manage a team and there are good periods where there are good feelings in the group.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

There is a temptation to have shortcuts and not put in the time and the effort. I think you have to be willing to talk to people and sit sometimes around a table and listen to other people.

If the chief executive cannot have a party background, how can she ensure her team is wholeheartedly united?

If I'm going somewhere to work, I'm there to work as hard as I can, put out the best product possible, and help any way I can along the way.

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is you're given.

I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.