TEAMWORK QUOTES II

quotations about teamwork

Teamwork quote

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

PHIL JACKSON

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball

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Hand in hand with diversity, working in teams benefits individuals who are exposed to their colleagues' different approaches, experiences, perspectives and skills.

VICTORIA BIRD

"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017


Embrace your team self. The person you know as an individual do-er may not be the person you are on a team. We all have our personalities which are fairly constant, but being on a team can bring out aspects of each of us that we don't normally experience when working by ourselves. That's a good thing. The team will get what it needs, and you will discover something about yourself.

MARGARET ANDREWS

"Teams: Lessons Learned", Inside Higher ED, May 17, 2017


Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

PAT RILEY

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


A player who makes the team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that's teamwork.

JOHN WOODEN

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


An army is greater than a warrior.

MATSHONA DHLIWAYO

The Little Book of Great Thoughts


Teams don't just make us better workers, they make us better people.

VICTORIA BIRD

"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017


We = power

LORII MYERS

Targeting Success


A team is a mutual protection society formed to guarantee that no one person can be to blame for a botched committee job that one man would have performed satisfactorily.

RUSSELL BAKER

attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Business Quotations


Make every team member feel valued. Success as a team only can come when each team member is aware of the importance of their role in the team's success.

HANK DARLINGTON

"How's your showroom team?", Supply House Times, May 18, 2017


A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.

NORMAN SHIDLE

attributed, Book of Business Quotations


Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

MAGIC JOHNSON

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

PATRICK LENCIONI

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable


Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction.

PAT RILEY

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

letter to Dr. William Gordon, July 8, 1783

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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.

PAT SUMMITT

attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball


In today's fast-paced and ever-changing expanding world, teamwork is becoming a more and more essential soft skill for everyone from the CEO to the night guard.

KYLE CABRAL

"Teamwork: How Men Effectively Work Together on the Same Project", The Good Men Project, June 16, 2017


One person cannot do everything proficiently. In teams, individuals are able to share their strengths in complementary roles to produce meaningful results. With the interpersonal dynamics teamworking creates, collaboration offers more than the sum of its parts.

VICTORIA BIRD

"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017


Teamwork is consciously espoused but unwittingly shunned by most people in business because they are deathly afraid of it. They think it will render them anonymous, invisible.

LORENZO G. FLORES

Executive Career Advancement: How to Understand the Politics of Promotion


Teamwork is important because it helps to overcome obstacles that one person could not overcome alone.

OLIVIA DESCHENES

"Player of the Week", Bridgton News, June 15, 2017