Authority Quote by J. Richard Hackman

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension…

— Tom Ridge

Effective teamwork will not take the place of knowing how to do the job or how to manage the work. Poor teamwork, however, can…

— Robert Bales

There is clearly risk associated with empowering your team to make more and faster decisions at a lowerlevel than was previously the norm. As…

— Chris Fussell

The role of the leader is to foster mutual respect and build a complementary team where each strength is made productive and each weakness…

— Stephen Covey

Team leaders have to connect with their team and themselves. If they don't know their team's strengths and weaknesses, they cannot hand off responsibilities…

— John C. Maxwell

I think the way to maximize not just your leadership but your ability to influence your team is whatever you can do that helps…

— Andrew Whitworth

Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can't provide for itself.

— Ken Blanchard

Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork.

— William Schutz

Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor…

— Steve McConnell

Recognition in front of peers is the strongest motivator, and berating team members in private or public is the biggest demotivator. Check your use…

— Martin Zwilling

In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesnt mean imposing…

— Don Yaeger

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

— Patrick Lencioni