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.

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.

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.

A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.

Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.

There are more writers who read than readers who write.

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have.

Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.

When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.

If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.