Lana Turner Quotes

Collaboration is about listening to someone else and adding your own feelings about that thought.

Strong alliances can thrive even where disagreements exist, but they cannot thrive where free and open communication is shut down.

The key is that when we disagree, we really hear the other one out and agree that there is a more elegant solution than one of us 'winning.'

My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really.

Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.

Discipline and unconditional support is earned by understanding and trust and inclusion. Not by isolation, not by nasty tricks.

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.

At times we expected the allies unquestioningly to follow our leads; sometimes we failed to consult them in advance before reversing policies; at other times we ignored their requests.

Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

Understanding is a two-way street.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

The belief in the therapeutic and redemptive force of dialogue depends on the assumption … that, after all, no idea is worth fighting over to the death and that we can always reach a position of accommodation if only we will sit down and talk it out

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

When I am contradicted it arouses my attention, not my wrath. I move toward the man who contradicts me: he is instructing me. The cause of truth ought to be common to both of us.

I think debates are healthy. I think they include more people. And I don't believe most people, if they don't win, are just going to take their ball and go home.

I want to encourage open conversation, which allows people to discuss issues and learn from each other.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

I'm willing to sit down with anybody and have constructive criticism.

I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.

It is only when the partisan shouting stops that we can hear each other's voices and concerns.

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

To get into another person's mindset and what they are trying to do with their project is a challenge, and it is what I like.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.