by Lance Loya | Apr 4, 2023
Good teammates monitor their ANT populations. Renowned physician and psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen coined the term ANT (Automatic Negative Thought) in the early 1990s. After an especially tough day of dealing with suicidal patients, troubled teens, and contentious...
by Lance Loya | Mar 27, 2023
Marliese Marie is a brilliant photographer. She works closely with acting and modeling agencies in commercial hotbeds like New York, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, and Los Angeles. Clients find her to be creative, personable, and exceptionally gifted at capturing the...
by Lance Loya | Mar 21, 2023
Cliques—tightknit groups within the primary team that engage in exclusivity by ostracizing those outside of their group—destroy teams from the inside out. They undermine culture, hurt morale, and cripple productivity. But more than anything, cliques keep teams from...
by Lance Loya | Mar 14, 2023
I got to have lunch recently with my friend Sister Eric Marie, the octogenarian nun that I wrote about in my book Building Good Teammates: The Story of My Mount Rushmore, a Coaching Epiphany, and That Nun. We were joined by two of Sister Eric Marie’s friends, Sister...
by Lance Loya | Mar 7, 2023
Leaders often complain about jealousy upending their teams’ chemistry. Someone on the team has achieved something that another team member covets. The feelings brought on by this scenario prevent the team from attaining a level of connectedness conducive to team...