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Management Quotes
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker
“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” – Bill Gates
“If you can laugh together, you can work together” – Robert Orben
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team” – Phil Jackson
“A manager is a guide. He/She takes a group of people and says, ‘With you, I can make us a success; I can show you the way.” – Arsene Wenger
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” – Lee Iacocca
“Instead of trying to be the best on the team, be the best for the team.” – Unknown
“Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn’t, management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team’s mission.” – Pat Riley
“There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.” – George Shinn
“We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.” – Victoria Osteen
“Individual commitment to a group effort. That is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.” – Charles Richards
“A team is successful only when they have a common goal. Not only does this goal need to be set, but it also has to be communicated to each team member.” – Laura Noodapera
“You’re either remarkable or invisible. Make a choice.” — Seth Godin
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”– Dwight D. Eisenhower
“There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back.” -- Billy Martin
“Plans are worthless. Planning is essential.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an Orchestra to play it.” – H. E. Luccock
“Great things in business are never done by one person they're done by a team of people” – Steve Jobs
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
“Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on the their world.” – John C. Maxwell
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead.
“Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.” – Unknown
“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” – Joel Barker
“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” – John C. Maxwell
“TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More” – Unknown
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth
“ Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.” – Pat Riley
“Ask your colleagues for help—early and often.”– Jill Konrath
“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.” – Kareem Abdul Jabbar
“Leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates
“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things” – Mother Teresa
“The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else.” – Iyanla Vanzant
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman
“I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers and that people flourish when they are praised.” – Richard Branson
“My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.” – Jada Pinkett Smith
“Good plans shape good decisions. That’s why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.” – Lester R. Bittel
"A team is not a group of people that work toghether. A team is a group of people that trust each other." - Simon Sinek
“Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results” – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
"The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang." – Mary Kay Ash
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." – George S. Patton
"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." – Ralph Nader
"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish." – Sam Walton
"A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him." – H. S. M. Burns
"The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world." – Steve Jobs
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." – John C. Maxwell
"The best way to predict your future is to create it." – Peter Drucker
"You don't manage people, you manage things. You lead people." – Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." – Jim Rohn
"You don't need a title to be a leader. You lead by example." – Jamie Woodburn
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Team Management Quotes
"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." - Ronald Reagan
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
"The art of management is knowing when to let others take the credit." - Unknown
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." - Max DePree
"Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge." - Simon Sinek
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
"The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are." - John C. Maxwell
"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." - Warren Bennis
"Management is nothing more than motivating other people." - Lee Iacocca
"Great leaders are willing to sacrifice their own personal interests for the good of the team." - John Wooden
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Best Manager Quotes
"The best managers are those who bring out the best in their employees." - Unknown
"The art of management is getting things done through people." - Mary Parker Follett
"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others." - Douglas MacArthur
"The best managers inspire their employees to achieve greatness." - Unknown
"A great manager is someone who can bring out the best in others." - Unknown
"Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people." - John D. Rockefeller
"The best managers are those who can balance empathy with accountability." - Unknown
"Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could." - Steve Jobs
"Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them." - Paul Hawken
"Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge." - Simon Sinek
"The best managers are those who can adapt to change and lead their teams through it." - Unknown
"A great manager is someone who can create a positive and productive work environment." – Unknown
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Key Team Quotes
"Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much." - Helen Keller
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." - Henry Ford
"Teamwork makes the dream work." - John C. Maxwell
"Success is not the result of a single individual; it takes a team effort." - Unknown
"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean." - Ryunosuke Satoro
"A successful team is a group of many hands and one mind." - Bill Bethel
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." - Michael Jordan
"Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." - Andrew Carnegie
"None of us is as smart as all of us." - Ken Blanchard
"Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people." - Stephen Covey
“When “I” is replaced by “WE”, even ILLNESS becomes WELLNESS!” — Malcolm X
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." - Aristotle
"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." - Andrew Carnegie
"Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success." - Unknown
Team management is a skill you can learn. You need the right mix of people, the right goals, and the ambition to deliver the best results. There are some days when the morale of your workforce is low, you missed a deadline, or lost a good colleague, and need to recalibrate and move on. On those days, such quotes will be of help to regain momentum, push again, and identify new stamina for the ongoing challenges.
And remember that people remember how you work with them, how you communicate with them, how you offer them feedback, how you boost their mood and identify new sources of energy to get things done. Be one of the leaders that does it with style and clarity.