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A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.
Sep 15, 2025
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.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
Everyone is needed, but no one is necessary.
It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.
Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.
Teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed
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.
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.
Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play. - Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.
Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.
Light is the task where many share the toil.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
A list is only as strong as its weakest link.
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 speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.
People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.
Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
Many hands make light work.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started
The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.