Matters of Your Time
Happy Valentines Day! Is it just me or does the arrival of this holiday seem anticlimactic? Almost every store I’ve entered since the day after Christmas has been inundated with red hearts. The heart has a curious connection to love. No one really knows how or why the...
Freed From Mental Slavery
Three weeks ago, I wrote a blog about the way good teammates handle mistakes titled Redemption Through Reinvention. I heard from a number of readers afterwards how timely what I wrote was for them and their teams, as they were being challenged by the issues I...
Sandpaper Teammates
Woodworking is a trade that requires creativity, dexterity, and patience—a lot of patience. To produce a quality product, no part of the carpentry process should be rushed. Diligence matters at every stage, especially when it comes to sanding. I’ve yet to come across...
How Compliments Complement
Today is National Compliment Day! Created in the late 1990s by Debby Hoffman and Kathy Chamberlin, authors of the book Find Something Nice to Say, the date reminds us to use our words to brighten someone else’s day. Compliments make people feel good, build trust, and...
Prefer to listen instead of read?
Explore the art of being a good teammate with audio selections from Lance Loya’s popular Teammate Tuesday blog.
