Gloria Steinem Quotes

I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.

No team works out teamwork.

A team is a team.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

The problem with communicating without a coordinator is that everyone has to read everyone else's mind.

Like a lot of people, I have been a leader in some things, and I've been a follower in some things. I know how to work on a team. And most of life, frankly, to get things done you have to get done, you've got to work as a team.

We've been astonished by how good groups working together can predict the outcomes of events.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

Stars don't necessarily make a good team and that is what we must learn.

Collaborative decision-making is very poor in crises.

When I work with other people, I try to make up for their shortcomings with my strengths, and I let others make up for my flaws with their strengths. I try to co-operate with people around me when working in a group. I like to enhance team spirit on set. I try to get everyone involved in the action.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

If you put enough smart people together in one space, good things happen.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

The key to management is to get rid of the managers.