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" Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits. "

Patrick Lencioni

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" If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth. "

" Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes. "

" The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart. "

" The truth is that intelligence, knowledge, and domain expertise are vastly overrated as the driving forces behind competitive advantage and sustainable success. "

" You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless. "

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

" The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions. "

" I know that any group of people can become a team if they do the right things, but I came to realize over time that if you acquire or develop the right kind of people, that process of building a team is going to be much more effective and easier. "

" People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life. "

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" Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests. "

" Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team. "

" On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team members have the courage and confidence to confront one another when they see something that isn't serving the team. "

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" Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization. "

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