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

If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

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

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

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

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

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

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 on board.

I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.

Grace abounds for everyday life.

Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

Change is always a little bit strange.

Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.

There are enough women to do the childbearing and the childrearing. I know of none who can write my books.

Talent is the capacity to direct concentrated attention upon the subject: "the gift of seeing what others have not seen.

There's so much Botox around now that you can't tell when a Jewish girl is angry!

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us.