63 quotes found
“Collaboration begins with focusing on the collective good rather than personal gain.”
“The natural result of utilizing different perspectives is that people are more engaged because they feel their opinions are important.”
“Genuine collaboration is an environment that promotes communication, learning, maximum contribution, and innovation.”
“Training often gives people solutions to problems already solved. Collaboration addresses challenges no one has overcome before.”
“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.”
“You cannot trust a person who only has new friends.”
“I like Carson. I really like Carson. I can hand an idea to him that's still a little rough, and he can turn it over and tumble it and hand it back to me shining. And I can do the same for him.”
“People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.”
“Collaboration requires focusing on everything from vision and values to how individuals can feel they are making a real contribution.”
“There is no collective thinking.”
“A vision without a practical plan to develop it, is only that a vision.”
“At the U of U, we were inventing a new language. One of us would contribute a verb, another a noun, then a third person would figure out ways to string the elements together to actually say something.”
“The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.”
“Those women who had gone out with Germans were grabbed and treated very badly, often shaved totally bald so that everyone could see who they were. Some were taken prisoners. There had been so much ...”
“After mutual respect and understanding are achieved, it is possible to establish real, sincere relationships, which is the foundation of a solid long-term collaboration.”
“My group has to do the Eighth Amendment, which is the one about cruel and unusual punishment. I'm not sure why group work isn't counted in that amendment.”
“As a collaborative leader, you support people in their workyou remove roadblocks and help them win.”
“Be a Columbus smell the fragrance of the new lands and discover them.”
“It's hard for managers to consider different perspectives if they never ask people what they think.”
“Conflict can be healthy within a collaborative group, as long as everyone sticks to the issues and things don't get personal.”
