The Teammate Tuesday Blog
Welcome to the Teammate Tuesday blog—Lance Loya’s collection of good teammate musings. These short, insightful pieces offer a unique glimpse into the art of being a good teammate. They are sure to improve teamwork and inspire you to become a better version of yourself.
The Boys of Fall…and All
Does any song capture the essence of a cultural phenomenon more perfectly than Kenny Chesney’s “The Boys of Fall?” Anyone who’s ever played high school football or experienced the magic of Friday Night Lights cannot help but be moved by this song....
What Do Coconuts and Good Teammates Have in Common?
Today is World Coconut Day! I am a huge coconut fan. I like coconut cookies. I like coconut cakes. I like coconut drinks. I like coconut curries. For fear of sounding like Bubba detailing his fondness for shrimp to Forrest Gump, I’ll stop there....
The Most Misunderstood
Walt Disney World introduced a new stage show at Hollywood Studios this summer dedicated exclusively to villains. As an annual passholder and frequenter of the “parks,” Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After has quickly become one of my favorite...
The Mixtape Message
For those who grew up in the 80s and 90s, few gestures endeared you more than giving someone a mixtape filled with carefully chosen songs in a cassette case with personalized artwork. An implied message accompanied this gesture: I like these songs...
The Rewards of Rebranding
To teach the potential marketing benefits to rebranding, business schools often turn to the fascinating tale of the Patagonian toothfish. In the late 1970s, a Los Angeles seafood merchant named Lee Lantz happened upon the Patagonian toothfish while...
Marks’ Mettle
Unless you’ve been marooned on a deserted island, you’re undoubtedly aware that this summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the original summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Jaws has been everywhere this summer. The original cast and crew...
Just “G” The Server
In business, financial success boils down to a business’s commitment to product, price, and/or service. Some businesses build their brand around quality of product, some around price, and others around service. For example, Apple focuses on...
The Duality of Fireworks
Fireworks are a Fourth of July tradition—and they have been since Americans celebrated the first Independence Day way back in 1777. The fireworks on that day were only orange though, not red, white, or blue. It would take inventors another sixty...
The Island That Sparked a Movement
This week in 1971, Federal Marshals forcibly removed the last members of the Indians of All Tribes from Alcatraz Island after a 19-month occupation. Considered by many to be the pivotal event in what became known as the Red Power Movement—a Native...
7 Ways to Be an Invested Teammate
Are you invested in your team’s success or are you merely interested? In my book The WE Gear, I identify the five key behaviors of good teammates as Active, Loyal, Invested, Viral, and Empathetic. Whenever I explain the difference between teammates...
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.
