Quotes about Teamwork
A leader is great, not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others. Success without a successor is failure. A worker's main responsibility is developing others to do the work.
— John Maxwell
However, as a leader, if you can add results to relationships and develop a team of people who like each other and get things done, you have created a powerful combination.
— John Maxwell
60 percent of all management problems are the result of faulty communications.
— John Maxwell
No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.
— John Maxwell
If you really want to be an uncommon leader, you're going to have to find a way to get much of your vision seen, implemented, and added to by others.
— John Maxwell
But empowering others by giving them your authority has the same effect as sharing information: You haven't lost anything. You have increased the ability of others without decreasing yourself.
— John Maxwell
He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk." If you can't influence others, they won't follow you.
— John Maxwell
Most good leaders want the perspective of people they trust.
— John Maxwell
Good ideas must be shared, improved upon with the help of other good thinkers, and then they must be implemented and acted upon.
— John Maxwell
Years ago, I used to tell new leaders I hired that every person in our organization walked around with two buckets. One bucket contained water, and the other gasoline. As leaders, they would continually come across small fires, and they could pour water or gasoline on a fire. It was their choice.
— John Maxwell
Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.
— John Maxwell
their success is more important to you than your success
— John Maxwell