To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another. — John C. Maxwell
Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers. — Pat Riley
Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others. — Alexander von Humboldt
Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth. — Ken Robinson
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. — Mattie Stepanek
Open collaboration and partnership are the keys to driving progress and innovation. — Jensen Huang
TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. — Andrew Carnegie
Never underestimate the power of collaboration. When diverse minds come together, magic happens. Let's work together to solve the world's grand challenges and create a brighter future for all. — Peter Diamandis
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. — Andrew Carnegie
It’s important to surround yourself with smart and talented people. Collaboration and diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. — Jim Simons
Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable. — Chris Bradford
Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. When one does well, others are lifted. When one stumbles, others also are impacted. There are no one-man teams—either by definition or natural law. Success is a cooperative effort; it’s dependent upon those who stand beside you. — Jon M. Huntsman Sr.
Teamwork And Collaboration Quotes
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. — Alexander Graham Bell
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
...let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in all nations. — Kofi Annan
Despair shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations shared create collaboration, collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change. — Terry Tempest Williams
It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board. — Patrick Lencioni
We are proud to have been a part of history for mankind and to show that collaboration, teamwork and a positive mental attitude can push limits to what we feel might be possible. — Nirmal Purja
Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position. — Douglas McGregor
Leadership is about empowering others to achieve their full potential and fostering an environment of trust and collaboration. — Michael Abrashoff
Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback. — Pat Riley
Synergy does not mean giving up what we want. It means joining to co-create so each is able to receive ever more of what attracts us through joining rather than opposing. — Barbara Marx Hubbard
Teamwork Quotes
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful. — Mother Teresa
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. — Mother Teresa
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. — Coretta Scott King
There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team. — Tom Landry
A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit. — Pele
You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists. — Wayne Gretzky
I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort. — J. Paul Getty
Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me? — Lou Holtz
Team Work Quotes
I love being part of something that is working toward a greater goal, and there's no more satisfaction in life than achieving those goals as a team and being a part of that team. — Jim Harbaugh
It's easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable. — Craig Kielburger
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. — Vince Lombardi
What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis. — W. Edwards Deming
It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself — John Calipari
A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members. — Meredith Belbin
I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk — Gregg Popovich
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team. — Patrick Lencioni
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'. — Tom Peters
Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds? — Meredith Belbin
Cooperation Teamwork Quotes
Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts. — Willard Libby
Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success. — Stephen Covey
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. — Halford Luccock
People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible. — Tom Vilsack
Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own. — Ludwig von Mises
Sure, there's no 'i' in team, but there is an 'm' and an 'e'. — Kevin Myers
Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group. — Max De Pree
Strategy is not a solo sport, even if you're the CEO. — Max McKeown
Collaboration Quotes
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. — Antoni Gaudi
The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers — Lev S. Vygotsky
Millennials expect to create a better future, using the collaborative power of digital technology. — Mal Fletcher
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. — Dalai Lama
Any artist that's as serious about making music as I am, I'm cool with that. But if you tellin' me, "Man, send me a verse and I'ma send you a verse." No. That's not collaborating. We don't know each other and I'm serous about this music. — Kevin Gates
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. — Neville Chamberlain
For us it's much more becoming a story of How do humans and computers collaborate to actually create these vector space data sets? — Andrej Karpathy
It's a meeting between two personalities of different natures—the creative people and the organizers, water and fire. But out of the contradiction can come progress. — Bernard Arnault
I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine. — Steven Levy
I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me. — Tilda Swinton
Creative Collaboration Quotes
Yeah, it's just, when you meet people, especially creative, it needs to be chemistry. And I believe we have that really well with Henchy. — Joe Gatto
Be a wanter: internally motivated, creative, and collaborative to get what you want and live in a world of abundance. — Dan Sullivan
I made a Vine with 50 Cent where I smashed two quarters together, and he popped up. — Jake Paul
In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration. — Robert J. Shiller
Coding is the language of the future, and every girl should learn it. As I've learned from watching girls grow and learn in our classrooms, coding is fun, collaborative and creative. — Reshma Saujani
All business partnerships are just me wanting to do things I like to do anyway, so it does not feel forced. — 21 Savage
Of course, from time to time, I want to do everything myself and be more involved on my own with the creative process. But I don't mind the collaboration at all. — Michel Gondry
Creativity takes a hit when people in a work group compete instead of collaborate. — Teresa Amabile
Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but at the end of the day, we're there to actualize the director's vision and things happen organically. — Aamir Khan
The capacity to innovate - the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life - and skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration are far more important than academic knowledge. — Tony Wagner
Power Of Collaboration Quotes
I feel strong in my belief, based on my widely traveled collaborations, that a one-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers, and is the most non-elitist way to share information, hopefully seducing us into creating mutual understandings for the benefit of all. — Robert Rauschenberg
The more you see yourself as what you'd like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you'll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality. — Wayne Dyer
For productive collaboration adopt five principles: involve the relevant stakeholders, build consensus phase by phase, design a process map, designate a process facilitator and harness the power of group memory. — David Friedrich Strauss
Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century. — Bjork
Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive. — Debbie Macomber
The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, is a willingness to have our beliefs and behaviors modified by the power of conversation. — Sam Harris
True collaborative, nurturing, and safe power is a combining of forces that can only happen on a pretty small scale. — Peter Buffett
Now jamming - which is about collaborative improvisation - has to do with getting people together to be creative musically. But it is a very powerful metaphor for understanding the grammar of the creative process. It applies to business and to other pursuits as well. — John Kao
I'm a music storyteller and collaborator. I hear character, location, and story as music. For me a score is there to both heighten the story and to actually tell the story with the unique emotional and narrative powers of music. — David Raiklen
Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence. — Kevin Spacey
So many, many people have helped me out with 'Dragon Ball' through the years. — Akira Toriyama
I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples. — Joe Pantoliano
I was at the forefront of the effort to pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and have been collaborating with the people who are trying to make that happen across the country. — Nick Hanauer
That quality is what makes women great collaborators; we understand it's a team effort. Even if it comes from society telling us to be polite. — Rachel Bloom
Let us join our efforts toward building the unshakable foundations for a culture of peace. — Daisaku Ikeda
My earlier award was also based on a close collaborative effort. — John Bardeen
I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort. — Vin Diesel
Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests. — Richard Ben-Veniste
I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound guy, I'll take it. Filmmaking is a collaborative effort, whether it's a first-time director or it's Mike Nichols. I think that's the standard that the great ones set. — Patrick Wilson
Teamwork Success Quotes
Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone. — Jim Brown
Success isn’t a game won by whoever does the most. — Gary Keller
I’ve always said that the key to our success is not how big we are, it’s how small we act. Our people are what make us great. — Glen Bell
Building a strong team around you and being able to really communicate well with them is part of what’s going to bring you a higher level of success. — Meghan Markle
Successful SEO is not about tricking Google. It’s about partnering with Google to provide the best search results for Google’s users. — Rand Fishkin
The biggest differentiator that sets your company apart from competitors is your commitment to long-term success. — Vladimer Botsvadze
I wanted every sailor to feel responsible for the successful outcome on that ship – because they were. I couldn’t do it on my own. We constantly challenged every mindset. — Michael Abrashoff
The key to success is to always be looking for ways to improve and never be satisfied with the status quo. — Glen Bell
The best way to keep a ship – or any organization – on course for success is to give the troops all the responsibility they can handle and then stand back. — Michael Abrashoff
You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. — Jim Stovall
Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics. — Patrick Lencioni
It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Effective hiring screening and team building is not about bringing in the givers. It’s about weeding out the takers and if you can do that well you’ll be left with givers and matchers. — Adam Grant
In well-functioning teams, each individual has high accountability for their part. — Naval Ravikant
My ambition is that I have the best players
who can collaborate with each other to form
the best team in the world. — Louis van Gaal
I thought if people were going to talk about what I wear, wouldn't it be good if they were talking about who designed it, who made it and if that's a Scottish company, so teaming up with Totty Rocks has been fantastic. — Nicola Sturgeon
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise. — Mitch Caplan
I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. — Mahatma Gandhi
If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary. — Winston Churchill
Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself or success as a team. You have to share the pain and the responsibility and if you do then you will also share in the rewards. — Michael Bloomberg
My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. — Mahatma Gandhi
Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team. We are the grown-ups. Whatever you believe is true, now is the time to give your respectful, inquisitive, and compassionate self to it. — Vicki Robin
Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting. — Harrison Ford
Let us work together for unity and love. — Mahatma Gandhi
The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together. — Vince Lombardi
In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point. — Paul Allen
Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it's almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync. — Steve Martin
I like to be a team player. All the projects I do are collaborations. And I want to solicit the opinions and help of other people. I'm not interested in being the one in charge. — Madonna Ciccone
Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. — David Hume
Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork. — William Schutz
Teams do not seek consensus; they seek the best answer. — Jon Katzenbach
Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative. — Joe Pantoliano
I always need a support team, even at Donna Karan. I like collaborating. There is something in collaboration that is wonderful. — Donna Karan
In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person's contributions providing the spark for the next. Together, the improvisational team creates a novel emergent product, one that's more responsive to the changing environment. — R. Keith Sawyer
But the broader lesson of the first Industrial Revolution is more like the Indy 500 than John Henry: economic progress comes from constant innovation in which people race with machines. Human and machine collaborate together in a race to produce more, to capture markets, and to beat other teams of humans and machines. — Erik Brynjolfsson
If I could solve all the problems myself, I would. — Thomas A. Edison
It's very exciting to be a part of a team of collaborators in general. — Sara Bareilles
In an increasingly connected world it is less likely that a few people 'manage' everyone else. The new environment requires a shift in the organization of both institutions and societies, one of flexible teams of teams that come together around whatever change opportunities exist and then reform around the next. — Bill Drayton
The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind. — Thomas Carlyle
It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action. — Weili Dai
As the workplace becomes more specialized, from offices to medical centers to factories, teams of people must accomplish their work by collaborating with each other. In my work in filmmaking, we need talented individuals with technical skills, but their abilities to communicate and work with others are just as valuable. — George Lucas
I am honoured to be a part of H&M's designer collaborations. The work with their team is an exciting, fun process. They are very open to pushing boundaries and to set a platform for creativity. This will be a great way for a wider audience to experience elements of the Alexander Wang brand and lifestyle. — Alexander Wang
You will be most effective when members can compliment each other without embarrassment and disagree without fear. — Peter R. Scholtes
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