Assemble High Performing Teams Quotes
Nothing big is built alone, and nothing great is built with the wrong people. The man who hires character and talent, then gets out of their way, multiplies himself. This Freedom path holds history's greatest quotes on building teams. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.”
“A boat doesn't go forward if each one is rowing their own way.”
“Light is the task where many share the toil.”
“A single leaf working alone provides no shade.”
“It doesn't take strength to win. It takes the true heart of the team to win.”
“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.”
“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.”
“The real competitive advantage in any business is one word only, which is people.”
“Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.”
“It's one thing to be brilliant; it's another thing to make everyone around you brilliant.”
“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”
“Great teams argue about ideas, not egos.”
“When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.”
“Vision is a team sport.”
“Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.”
“Importantly, in a great team, you argue about ideas totally independent of ego. In great teams, the success of your idea is independent from your success. Just helping to find the best idea matters.”
“It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective, and are able to align the interest of a great team.”
“You can have the best strategy and the best building in the world, but if you don't have the hearts and minds of the people who work with you, none of it comes to life.”
“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”
“I would rather earn 1% off a hundred people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.”
“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
“It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.”
“I believe management is about putting people in the right positions to succeed”
“The role of a leader is to define the destination and get out of their way”
“The business of business is people”
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.”
“Never let a cog become the wheel.”
“Create an environment where people can take risks. If everything has to be brilliant from the word go, you're never gonna get off the ground.”
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”
“All employees have an innate desire to contribute to something bigger than themselves.”
“Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.”
“Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first.”
“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”
“Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management.”
“Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.”
“Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that.”
“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.”
“People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.”
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”
“Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.”
“We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.”
“Happy employees lead to happy customers, which leads to more profits.”
“If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.”
“Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.”
“The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.”
“Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.”
“In the long run, the sharpest competitive edge is excellent people.”
“People don't leave companies; they leave managers.”
“The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are.”
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