Warren Bennis Quotes

A team aligned behind a vision will move mountains

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

I think whenever you have a common goal with someone, you're going to bond. It's really hard to get two people together and be like, 'Hey guys, why don't you just bond!' But if you say, 'Listen, I need you guys to build this house, or I need you to do this or I need you to make this movie,' you'll get to work and you'll get close.

Usually, you come into it, and there's half a dozen different views or angles on what different people are wanting to see, from the producer to the director to the writers to the actors. I think 'Pacific Rim' has been an example of something that illustrates what you get if everyone is driving towards a common purpose.

We shared the same vision.

The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

We all have a common goal, and we know it's all for our future good.

Everyone in our administration is going to cooperate.

I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

The mission defines the coalition.

As a bamboo conduit makes a round jet of water, so taking counsel together rounds men to one mind.

Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons.

A shared experience can energize a team toward its common goal more quickly than a direct order ever will.

Ultimately, the team has to come first even though we all have individual goals and preferences.

Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they're doing it. That's purpose. And that's the key to achieving something truly transformational.

Oh man, you miss it so much when you finish playing, especially when you play for most of your life. You miss just being a part of a team and being a part of the guys. So I definitely think producing brought that back for me. A bunch of people working together for a common goal.

When you get a young group of people that believe, are passionate... and committed to a single purpose, you better look out. Great things can happen.

I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.

I think you've just got to have everyone buy in, working towards a common goal. Doesn't matter who gets the credit. Really doesn't.

If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

With clever and mature people, it becomes clear: you shake hands, and look together towards the same goal.

The teams that are successful from ownership to management to coaching - there is a singleness of purpose. There's enough credit for everyone. No one gets territorial. It's just good - and it shows on the field.

When you look at organizations that work, everyone is on the same page as far as what they are doing.