Teamwork Quotes by Patrick Lencioni

The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.

— Patrick Lencioni

Teamwork is a strategic decision.

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Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

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A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.

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Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time.

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I've seen it again and again in my consulting: Most teams are too large to be innovative, despite their leaders' best intentions.

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Building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But is painfully difficult.

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Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).

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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.

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Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

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Team members need to be able to admit their weaknesses and mistakes, to acknowledge the strengths of others, and to apologize when…

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Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important…

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Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective…

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Members of trusting teams accept questions and input about their areas or responsibility, appreciate and tap into one another's skills and experiences,…

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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to…

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Experiential team exercises can be valuable tools for enhancing teamwork as long as they are layered upon more fundamental and relevant processes.

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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more…

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Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation…

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The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead…

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When team members openly and passionately share their opinions about a decision, they don't wonder whether anyone is holding back. Then, when…

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“Because when a team recovers from an incident of destructive conflict, it builds confidence that it can survive such an event, which…

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Teamwork remains a sustainable competitive advantage that has been largely untapped because it is hard to measure (teamwork impacts the outcome of…

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“First, we go figure out how to recognize a real team player, the kind of person who can easily build trust, engage…

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“Keep in mind that a real team should be spending considerable time together in meetings and working sessions. In fact, it is…

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Achieving vulnerability-based trust (where team members have overcome their need for invulnerability) is difficult because in the course of career advancement and…

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As difficult as it is to build a team, it is not complicated. In fact, keeping it simple is critical, whether you…

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“Therefore, it is key that leaders demonstrate restraint when their people engage in conflict, and allow resolution to occur naturally, as messy…

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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It…

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You have to build trust among team members so that people feel free to admit what they don't know, make mistakes, ask…

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It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get…

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Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and…

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Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and…

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Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their…

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Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department,…

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What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and…

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I know that any group of people can become a team if they do the right things, but I came to realize…

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On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team…

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Building a cohesive leadership team is the first critical step that an organization must take if it is to have the best…

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Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead…

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The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader,…

— Patrick Lencioni