Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
Pat SummittRead
Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Teamwork requires effort and intention, as sharing and collaboration do not come naturally to us.
In this quote, Pat Summitt emphasizes that teamwork is not an innate skill but rather one that must be cultivated and practiced. Despite our natural inclinations, the act of sharing and working together does not come easily, highlighting the need for conscious effort to develop effective collaboration within teams.
Themes
TeamworkCollaborationSharingLeadershipEffort
In practice
Example use cases
In a management workshop discussing the importance of fostering teamwork among employees.
More from Pat Summitt
All quotes →There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.
Pat SummittRead
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
Pat SummittRead
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
Pat SummittRead
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
Pat SummittRead
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
Pat SummittRead
Similar quotes
Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
Adam GrantRead
Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.
Jim RohnRead
Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying we're going to wipe you off the planet.
Barack ObamaRead
As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the tasks of building a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa, a people-centred society free of hunger, poverty, disease and inequality, as well as Africa’s renaissance, to whose attainment President Nelson Mandela dedicated his whole life?
Thabo MbekiRead
Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.
ChanakyaRead
Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.
Stephen CoveyRead