Quotes about Team Collaboration

It's okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.

If you hide your spark, bury your ideas, keep your questions and notions from the team, you have hurt them as badly as if you had stolen a laptop and fenced it on eBay.

Life is a collaboration, it's not a solo act.

If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.

In my walks of life, I've understood that it takes more than one person to think of achieving a goal, and it takes more than one or two players, to get you out of the position you're in.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

A Good Group A good group is better than a spectacular group. When leaders become superstars, the teacher outshines the teaching. Very few superstars are down-to-earth. Fame breeds fame, and before long they get carried away with themselves. Then they fly off center and crash. The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor. The leader does not take all the credit for what happens and has no need for fame. A moderate ego demonstrates wisdom.

I've grown as a person. The dynamics on this set are very demanding because we work a lot of hours, it's very sad material, so there's always someone upset because it's really heavy stuff.

If any organization was built for a purpose and any organization is composed of more than one person, then we must conclude that the purpose of the organization requires the synchronized efforts of more than one person.

Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.

I'm not naive - I think it's rare in the NBA every day to actually be able to enjoy being around the people you're working with.

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.

At Brazil, we play as a collective, something that also happens in Barcelona, but not at Real Madrid.

I think I'm quite a clever player and that I realise there are times when I can be offensive but others when I must be more compact and work for the team, because that is what matters.

I used to think my job as a CEO meant managing metrics and meeting goals, but I've realised now that's it's about managing my board and employees.

To think that we as a publisher (i.e. people who have never actually MADE a game) can have a realistic impact on a project that a team of experts is slaving away on full time for 2 years is a bit arrogant.

Google has been doing well. As much as possible we're trying to share back with the employees. They will continue to create a lot of value.

How do you govern by captaining the ship? How do you win without the trust of the crew?

Gravity Falls' is a very hard show to produce.

When you know you have great support from the studio, that's a great feeling, and when it's the creative support, that's great.

With Cleveland, I think they did a great job in knowing what their team needed, and when I came, I just did my job, and they fully embraced me.

We are always fortunate to have our own sound folks with us that do a great job in ensuring that everybody can hear and the sound is good.

Followship is just as important as leadership. It's very important that you'll know if you're a great leader because you will have awesome followship. And the people behind you will take that burden of responsibility.

When I'm in New York, I have a wonderful hair and makeup team. We've just been laughing all day today. In work, I believe that you really need to choose people that you get along with because work is life, so you may as well enjoy your time. I'm lucky. I have great people around me, and we laugh all day.