“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
“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
“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
“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
“Ask your colleagues for help—early and often.”— Jill Konrath
“Leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates
“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
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.