When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.
You look at teams in college, the MMA world, and beyond that allow bullying, where guys get jealous during training and stuff like that. You need to have a space where everyone feels like they have an equal opportunity - like they have support, people watching out for them.
I like being in a collaborative and respectful environment. When you're in an environment spearheaded by ego and fear, it's the death of creativity.
I think Liverpool generates generosity which rubs off - it's a good place to work and to party.
I think there are many things that we can do today to make it a better work environment that is more supportive and encouraging of diversity.
People in New Orleans have been so supportive of me and the team. I love walking around here, because the people have been great.
We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture.
I don't like having hierarchical structures. So, everybody knows that I'm the boss but, from that, I don't like people to walk on eggshells. I like people to be friendly and to feel loved. I think that kind of fits into creativity stronger. If people are scared, they are afraid to come up with ideas.
One of the neat things about Gearbox that I love is, we don't look at our designs as a totalitarian regime and we're all really happy to let designers and creators within the studio explore in our space.
Never put a good idea into an environment that is not strong enough to support it.
I work best when there's a safety trampoline of kindness.
The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.
I've always cared about my teammates, but it's about being vocal and letting them know I care about them... not just on the basketball court.
A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.
The more you and the organization can help take care of personal situations, the smoother the ship runs on the football end.
What's cool about Matador is that everyone I've met there is just so chill and really into what they're doing. Everyone that works there, there's just such a lack of ego, and there's such a commitment to what they're doing. They all like each other.
You should choose organisations that are going to be flexible and supportive and recognise people are going through different stages in their careers and actually need different sorts of support.
I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.
It feels to me like everyone is going to do their best work when they feel emotionally safe.
What I love about California is this attitude of being supportive and positive about things. When you tell someone your idea, the answer is: 'Great, how can I help?' not 'Well that's not going to work.'
The pleasing thing is being able to be in an environment where, even though I'm a rookie, everyone wants to help you out.
I feel like the 'NCIS' set is where people are allowed to be the nice human beings they really are. That quality is valued there.
The Broadway community is unlike any community in show business and it is unlike any community in the world. When you come into the Broadway community they open the door and they say "welcome". Not only do they do that, but when times are really tough and horrendous things have happened and really tragic things - the Broadway community shows up! And they say "how can we help?".
One thing I want to clarify - that every service member, veteran, wants us to remember - is that the vast majority of people returning from service come back completely healthy. But when we do come across someone who is struggling. We have to develop a culture of open arms and acceptance so that they feel comfortable saying, "I'm a veteran. And by the way, I need little help." This is something we need to do in this country around mental health as a whole - destigmatizing mental health.
