Laurel Van Ness Quotes

Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.

Employees don't need to be best friends, but there does need to be a level of mutual respect and understanding.

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.

When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.

Heck, nobody gets along perfectly. But what we have is respect for one another. We have a system where one guy can veto anything.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

There will be times when we do not agree on every decision or subject, but we should always believe in one another, support one another, and move forward through life together - connected.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

I've worked on shows where the actors don't talk to each other, and if they want to talk to each other, they talk through the director. What kind of existence is this? If I have to spend 14 hours a day with somebody, we're in a relationship. We'd better talk it out.

Some of my colleagues I have the most differences with in decisions are ones with whom I have a very friendly relationship. You have to be able to step back and look at the issues and your colleagues.

You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.

You're not best friends with someone just because you work with them, but you have to be able to at least work together, or there is no point.

Not everybody's going to have a perfect relationship with every great player on their team. But when I step between those lines and I'm with my team, we're a brotherhood.

Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things fester. Have the conversation. Resolve it. Move forward.

It's great to work with friends. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't, but everybody goes into it knowing that. Like, 'We might be really good friends, but we might be terrible collaborators.'

We are footballers, so if you've got to play with someone, you've got to play with them. What happens off the pitch, well, you can't get on with everyone you work with.

In order to build chemistry you've got to really know one another.

Negotiation is empathy. It's almost trite to say that if you can't put yourself in the seat of the other person you're speaking with, you're not going to do well. It's not about being a bully, not about making offers people can't refuse.

We know - relationships in this sport, it's very hard to have a really great relationship.

Every team boat will have its disagreements and arguments, but if it doesn't kill us or the boat, it will make us stronger.

In a way, sometimes collaborating is more difficult because you have to listen.