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.
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...
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...
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...
Redemption Through Reinvention
How you handle making a mistake says a lot about your ability to be a good teammate. Your willingness to admit your mistake, own it, atone for it, and commit to not repeating it are important steps to putting the mistake behind you. In most cases,...
Turning Toward Connectivity
January is the busiest month of the year for online dating. Apps like Tinder, Bumble, and OkCupid all experience a surge in signups and activity this month. Based on last year’s data, January activity on OkCupid alone will lead to more than 40...
The S.E.A. Approach
The novelty of a clean slate eases the challenge of altering our habits. Hence, the start of a new year is viewed by many as the opportune time to adopt a resolution, set a goal, or embrace a life theme. Plenty start the New Year fueled with...
The Year in Review
We strive to share the sort of meaningful social media content that inspires readers to want to be better teammates. The fruits of our labor have continued to bless us with a loyal online following. In keeping with our annual year-end tradition,...
Learning from Christmas Villains
Are you a fan of Christmas movies? How about Christmas movie villains? As the expression goes, we learn from everyone we encounter. Sometimes it’s what to do; sometimes it’s what not to do. In that spirit, here are ten bad attributes that keep...
The 5 Teammates Everybody Needs
When NASA encounters a problem, they don’t task one engineer to resolve it. They assign the problem to a team of engineers. Google, Apple, Meta and nearly every other industry leader take the same approach. The most daunting problems are always...
Swift Thinking
The holiday season always causes an interesting disruption to the music charts. This week, four of the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 are Christmas classics—Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” (5), Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the...
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