effective teamwork Quotes

Building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But is painfully difficult.

Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important.

Building a cohesive leadership team is the first critical step that an organization must take if it is to have the best chance at success.

Good teams beat you with speed. Great teams beat you with spacing and timing.

The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful.

Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.

Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.

We're being very good team players here and very happy we've got a great working relationship with Reince Priebus and the RNC. They've been spectacular to us.

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.

Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.

You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.

On paper, I think this is the best team I've been on.

If you really got the right people, and you've got them working together as a team, whether it's in business, whether it's in science, whether it's in politics, you can make a big difference.

Before I collaborate, it's important that I have a conversation about what I care about before we make anything, so that it's very clear.

People tend to work in teams, in a collaborative way, in an informal network. If you create an environment like that, it's much more effective and much more efficient.

It is actually a very good thing, if after eight years of coverage the president of the United States [Barack Obama] says that this is a cooperation based on friendship that we cooperated well.

We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much.

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.

Candor is the key to collaborating effectively. Lack of candor leads to dysfunctional environments.

I learnt from an early age this need to delegate responsibility out to other team members as there is just too much for one person to do themselves. What is the point of hiring talented team members if you don't give them the freedom to make the most of the chance you have given them?

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.

The best you can hope for is a great collaborator.