Assemble High Performing Teams Quotes

“Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management.”

“No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.”

“All employees have an innate desire to contribute to something bigger than themselves.”

“The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are.”

“The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.”

“Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.”

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

“A camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.”

“I believe management is about putting people in the right positions to succeed”

“Happy employees lead to happy customers, which leads to more profits.”

“Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.”

“People don't leave companies; they leave managers.”

“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.”

“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”

“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 role of a leader is to define the destination and get out of their way”

“Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.”

“Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.”

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.”

“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.”

“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”

“A good leader surrounds himself with people smarter than he is”

“The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good.”

“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”

“The common mistake business owners make is they think they know it all. Make sure you hire people that are smarter than you.”

“When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.”

“Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.”

“The real competitive advantage in any business is one word only, which is people.”

“There is no such thing as a bad hire, but there is such thing as a bad fire.”

“Light is the task where many share the toil.”

“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.”

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”

“No man can rise to fame and fortune without carrying others along with him. It simply cannot be done.”

“We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.”

“Vision is a team sport.”

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“When hiring, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.”

“Hire for your weaknesses and not your comfortability. As a leader, you have to know what you do well and what you don't do well.”

“In the long run, the sharpest competitive edge is excellent people.”

“Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.”

“Hire character. Train skill.”

“It's one thing to be brilliant; it's another thing to make everyone around you brilliant.”

“People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.”

“United we stand. Divided we fall.”

“Ideas are a dime a dozen, it is all about the people.”

“A boat doesn't go forward if each one is rowing their own way.”

“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”

“Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.”

“It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.”

“Hire people smarter than you and get out of their way.”

“Hire people smarter than you and let them lead.”

“Great teams argue about ideas, not egos.”

“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.”

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to”

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

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.”

“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.”

“If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.”

“Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them.”

“To achieve great things, you need a team that shares your vision”

“Micromanage the process, not the people.”

“Individuals don’t win in business; teams do”

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

“Never let a cog become the wheel.”

“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.”

“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”

“In this new wave of technology, you can’t do it all yourself, you have to form alliances”

“Individual honors come with team success.”

“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.”

“I'd rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.”

“Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first.”

“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 business of business is people”

“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.”

“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.”

“The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.”

“People, people, people. That's everything in the end. Take even more time than you think to select the right people that you hire, spend as much time as possible to train them and help them grow. But when you realize it's not the right face anymore, then also part ways quickly.”

“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.”

“Individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

“Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.”

“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.”

“Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.”