Team Work Quotes - Page 3

• The era of the rugged individual is giving way to the era of the team player.

  Bruce Coslet

  Teamwork, Player, Giving

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• One man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Teamwork, Dream

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• Real teams don't emerge unless individuals on them take risks involving conflict, trust, interdependence and hard work.

  John Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Real, Hard Work

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• Men have never been individually self-sufficient.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Teamwork, Men, Self

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2015). “Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)”, p.456, Library of America

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• A demanding performance challenge tends to create a team.

  John Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Challenges, Team Building

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• Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.

  Max De Pree

  Teamwork, Real, Team Building

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• The same dynamics that promote performance also support learning and behavioral change.

  John Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Support, Team Building

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• Work and self-worth are the two factors in pride that interact with each other and that tend to increase the strong sense of pride found in superior work teams. When people do something of obvious worth, they feel a strong sense of personal worth.

  Dennis F. Kinlaw

  Teamwork, Strong, Educational

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• If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

  Robert Schumann

  Teamwork, Play, Musician

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• I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

  Paul McCartney

  Teamwork, Real, Optimistic

  "John Rutter: The Art Of The Christmas Carol". Interview with Andrea Seabrook, www.npr.org. December 20, 2008.

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• Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork.

  William Schutz

  Teamwork, Team Building, Collaboration

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• Fun is only real and sustainable if it feeds off the team's purpose and performance aspirations.

  John Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Fun, Educational

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• Teams are successful when they are focused, have a short cycle time, and are supported by the executives.

  Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.

  Teamwork, Educational, Successful

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• Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

  Mark Twain

  Teamwork, Achievement, Team Building

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• A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Teamwork, Pride, Self

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• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• 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

  Leadership, Teamwork, Mistake

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

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

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.217, McGraw Hill Professional

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• A successful team beats with one heart.

  Sarah-Jane Redmond

  Success, Teamwork, Sports

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• Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.

  Dennis F. Kinlaw

  Teamwork, Destiny, Ideas

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• It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Teamwork, People, Team Building

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• Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.

  Bill Bradley

  Motivational, Friendship, Forgiveness

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