Quotes about the Power of Collaboration

January 01, 2022

Quotes about the Power of Collaboration

Note: Please feel free to use the quote graphics below by right-clicking the graphic and saving or copying the image. These quotes have been foraged for from across the internet and a lifetime of reading, listening, and learning. I make no claim to the authenticity of any of the quotes. I simply know that these quotes spoke to me when I discovered them. I share them with you to pass along the moments of reflection and resonation I felt and found.

“To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.” - John C. Maxwell

“Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way.” - Alan Menken

“Collaboration is the best way to work. It’s the only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board.” - Antony Starr

“I like working with people. I believe change can only come through collaboration.” - Alain de Botton

“Collaboration allows us to know more than we are capable of knowing by ourselves.” - Paul Solarz

“Collaboration is the essence of life. The wind, bees and flowers work together, to spread the pollen.” - Amit Ray

“We will surely get to our destination if we hold hands.” - Aung San Suu Kyi

“The four most important words in the English language are, ‘What do you think?’ Listen to your people and learn.” - J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr.

“In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.” - Robert J. Shiller

“A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.” - Robert Reich

“Stop, collaborate, and listen.” - Vanilla Ice

“Collaboration is like carbonation for fresh ideas. Working together bubbles up ideas you would not have come up with solo, which gets you further faster.” - Caroline Ghosn

“Collaboration is a key part of the success of any organization, executed through a clearly defined vision and mission and based on transparency and constant communication.” - Dinesh Paliwal

“To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to look at challenges and opportunities, is a key leadership competency.” - Elizabeth Thornton

“When you need to innovate, you need collaboration.” - Marissa Mayer

“Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfill the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest.” - Felipe VI of Spain

“Collaboration and augmentation are the foundational principles of innovation.” – Vaclav Smil

“I have always believed in the power of collaboration. Early on in my professional career, I realized that you can't develop all the competencies you need fast enough on your own. Furthermore, if you don't collaborate, your ideas will be limited to your own abilities.” - Vishwas Chavan

“Everything in life is collaboration, if you learn this one skill you will grow consistently in your life.” - Anuj Jasani

“Teamwork is not a game for the selfish. It is for those with the mindset that a win for one is a win for all.” - Michael Bassey Johnson

“Effective listening is the single most powerful thing you can do to build and maintain a climate of trust and collaboration.” - Michelle Tillis Lederman

“Collaboration - the ultimate intertwining of skills, passions, and knowledge - is what concocts the most shatterproof forms of changemaking.” - Ian Somerhalder

“Collaboration is about compassion, love, support, kindness, and the power that we gain when we share with each other and lean on each other.” - Everyday Power

“The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that’s proven.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Successful innovation requires commitment, consistency, and collaboration.” – Monique Beedles

“Collaboration begins with mutual understanding and respect.” – Astronaut Ron Garan

“Collaborate with people you can learn from.” - Pharrell

“The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other.” - Thomas Stallkamp

“Without trust, we don’t truly collaborate; we merely coordinate or, at best, cooperate. It is trust that transforms a group of people into a team.” - Stephen Covey

“Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.” - Bill Bradley

The DayStarter Quotes I have been sharing during the 2021-2022 school year are all based on a monthly theme that supports our school year's focus on "BrighterTogether. There is great power in working together where Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM!)