Top Ten Quotes About Teamwork

August 23, 2012

 

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side ~Margaret Carty

There is much we can learn from the past about the timeless nature of good leadership as well as the pleasures and pitfalls of teamwork. As far back as the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin said: “We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” The greatest, most challenging goals are only achieved when we all pull in the same direction. My goal is your goal; my challenge is everyone’s challenge. History also teaches us that conflict has always and will always exist in teams. The greatest teams simply use that tension to continually move onward and upward.

1. Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
~ Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company

Working together successfully can be one of the challenges. Explore the essentials of teamwork to enhance your team’s performance.

2. Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. ~ Andrew Carnegie, American Industrialist & Philanthropist

Never lose track of your main goal, have measurable sub-goals that lead the way for you.

3. All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims. ~ Lou Holtz, American Football Coach

4. The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team. ~ Lewis B. Ergen

Encourage and praise your team members to provide them a satisfying working experience.

5. 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, Author

Bring talents together to work cohesively on the main goal.

6. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
~ Michael Jordan, NBA Basketball Player

7. A successful team is a group of many hands but of one mind. ~ Bill Bethel

Build your team members trust and relationships to reach the ultimate goal.

8. I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. ~ Mia Hamm, US Soccer Star

Recognize and challenge your team members for optimal teamwork. Have a mission statement that reflects your team’s main purpose and goals.

9. Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~ Vince Lombardi, NFL Football Coach

Believe in the strengths of your team and the impact it can make.

10. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead, American Anthropologist

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