Five Rules for Confronting Your Teammates
When your teammates’ behaviors fall short of your teams’ standards, you have an obligation to hold them accountable. Good teammates take this responsibility seriously. Confronting wayward peers can be tricky business. They’re not likely to appreciate your criticism,...
An Act of Grizzly Courage
A grizzly bear attack near Cody, Wyoming last week is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite “good teammate move” stories. Brady Lowry and Kendell Cummings, sophomore teammates on the Northwest College wrestling team, were shed (antler) hunting in the Shoshone...
Your Happiest Hello
Recently, I saw a sign hanging in an inmate’s cell that caught my attention. The sign read: “I want to be your favorite hello and your hardest goodbye.” My initial reaction was one of admiration. I felt inspired and thought, “That’s powerful. That’s a noble objective....
Roosevelt’s Absorbed Mindset
Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated—John Kennedy, William McKinley, James Garfield, and Abraham Lincoln. Two others have had attempts made on their lives in which they were shot but only wounded—Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt. This week in 1912, John...
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