27 Quotes About Team

We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger.. Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal. Terry Orlick

Rugged indiividualism and Rugged groupism. Together they make America strong. Unknown

Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be. Tom Rath

When you join teams that changes lives, yours will be the first. Todd Stocker

There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals. Idowu Koyenikan

Your purpose will be clear only when you listen to your heart. Lolly Daskal

Very few managers know how to effectively tap the biggest source of performance improvement available to them: namely, the creativity and knowledge of the people who work for them. Alan G. Robinson

The daring leader helps the people see a future state, greater than their own imagination, and worthy of pursuit. Cheryl A. Bachelder

Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball. Gloria Whelan

We had grown into one another somewhere along the way. We were officially a team. Shannon A. Thompson

Little boys run in gangs, grown men organise teams. Habeeb Akande

Let's face it. We live in a command-based system, where we have been programmed since our earliest school years to become followers, not individuals. We have been conditioned to embrace teams, the herd, the masses, popular opinion -- and to reject what is different, eccentric or stands alone. We are so programmed that all it takes for any business or authority to condition our minds to follow or buy something is to simply repeat a statement more than three or four times until we repeat it ourselves and follow it as truth or the best trendiest thing. This is called "programming" -- the frequent repetition of words to condition us how to think, what to like or dislike, and who to follow. Suzy Kassem

Meet your people where they are. They may not be as good as they can be, but they are as good as they believe they can be. They are waiting for you to lead them. Susan C. Foster

Few teams sometimes fails miserably because team members wish to work in the team but they want to be recognized individualy. Amit Kalantri

There's more than one way to be a person. Actually, there are more than two or three ways. You'd think that was obvious, but I find that often it is not. The world is essentially a collection of teams. Life is a process of deciding which ones we're going to join. Meghan Daum

Serving Leaders teach others the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to succeed. John StahlWert

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. Mickey Mantle

The best leaders want to leverage all the capabilities of the people in their organization. Unknown

Leadership is not about your ambition. It is about bringing out the ambitions of your team. Cheryl A. Bachelder

If small groups are included in the decision-making process, then they should be allowed to make decisions. If an organization sets up teams and then uses them for purely advisory purposes, it loses the true advantage that a team has: namely, collective wisdom. James Surowiecki

Basketball Rule #6A great teamhas a good scorerwith a teammatewho's on pointand readyto assist. Kwame Alexander

Motivating people is more than having the right incentives, the right programs and the right benefit packages. It's about tapping into the unique passions, personalities and strengths of those entrusted to our care. Steve Knox

Because, " he said in an even voice, "you're used to winning, so you don't even think about how, every time there's a game, both sides get that 'rah, rah, team' speech from their coaches both sides hear 'you're the best! ' 'You've got to win! ' 'You're the greatest! ' But half of the people playing that game are going to walk away losers. Half! Margaret Peterson Haddix

Being an authority on paper does not immediately grant you authority over a group until it is earned by you and given by them. A.J. Darkholme