Quotes on Team Building

There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room. In professional circles it's called networking. In organizations it's called team building. And in life it's called family, friends, and community. We are all gifts to each other, and my own growth as a leader has shown me again and again that the most rewarding experiences come from my relationships.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

When somebody shares, everybody wins.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.

Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.

Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.

Find out what the other team wants to do. Then take it away from them.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of your effort.

Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality.

Team leaders have to connect with their team and themselves. If they don't know their team's strengths and weaknesses, they cannot hand off responsibilities to the team. And if they don't know their own strengths and weaknesses, they will not hand off responsibilities to the team.