Marcus Buckingham Quotes

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.

I'm genuine, and I think people can see that when they watch.

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

Without trust, you cannot do anything.

Relationships feed on credibility, honesty, and consistency.

It matters to people that the president tell them the truth.

I'm very open about my referencing; I'm very open about who I work with.

In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there's nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.

Nothing is as fast as the speed of 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.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over: Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.

In every relationship, you have to be a team.

Trust brings a higher level of communication and a higher level of commitment and accountability.

Employees who can't trust their leader to be vulnerable are not going to be vulnerable and build trust with one another.

Ya know, I just want a girl to be honest.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.

When you get the relationships right and get to know each other, it really translates onto the pitch.

People understand when you talk to them person to person, at an equal level. I tell them what I can do and what I cannot, and they tell me, 'Didi, we know you don't lie.'

I really like working with people who believe what they're saying.

It is important for a racing driver, for myself and for the team, that we can say that we trust each other, and it is not lightly said.

It makes it so much easier to work with people who you can implicitly trust.

If you're not talking about the truth, I don't even want you around me.