Thomas Jefferson Quotes

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

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.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Let's deal with each other honestly.

I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.

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

A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.

Public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.

You cannot build a partnership on four games.

When the players go home, I can't tell them what to do, so you need to create an atmosphere of trust. I don't want to think, 'What are they doing now? Do I need to call them?'

If you've got to second-guess talking to a teammate, what you have will never work.

I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.

Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication

Some people get on better with some than others but what is absolutely crucial is that everyone knows their roles and responsibilities and trust that your team-mate is going to do their best for the team.

I think it's just a chemistry thing, feeling each other out. The more you play with each other, the better it's going to be.

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

Of course it's always easy when you work with people that worked together, or you work with people that you worked with before, because you develop over years some sort of shorthand of communion that is always very valuable.

I think you function much better when you trust people and when you've got a sort of relationship where you can develop ideas within a framework.

When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

If you listen, people will tell you exactly what they want - whether it's a business relationship or a consumer relationship.

It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.