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.
Giving Forgiveness
#GivingTuesday always coincides with the weekly release of Teammate Tuesdays. And yes, adding the hashtag and mashing the words together (capital “G” and capital “T”) is the preferred way to reference the occasion. I’ve previously written about the...
10 Blessings You Should Be Thankful For
Last week, I wrote about Abraham Lincoln and the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s worth noting another fun fact about Lincoln: He’s the one responsible for making Thanksgiving an official...
The Humility and Brevity Address
Seven score and eighteen years ago this week, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most iconic speeches in American history. If your nineteenth century math is a little rusty, that’s one hundred and fifty-eight years ago. And if your history is a...
An Opportunity to Teach Empathy
and One of the most challenging aspects of writing Teammate Tuesdays is delivering content that is relevant to a diverse following of teams. People from human resources, corporate sales teams, corporate management teams, church organizations,...
Oxygen Mask Omissions
As a frequent flyer, I’ve watched flight attendants give the pre-flight “oxygen mask” presentation a thousand times. In the event of a sudden loss in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the overhead compartments. Place the mask over your...
The Curse of Revenge
Halloween week brings an abundance of jack-o-lanterns, costumes, trick-or-treating, and of course horror films. Check the television listings this week and you will discover plentiful airings of Friday the 13th, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm...
20 Ways to Be Coachable
Good teammates are coachable, meaning they can turn input into improved output. Being coachable is among their most cherished attributes and a large part of what makes them good teammates. Here are twenty ways for you to be coachable: 1. Practice...
Elevator Teammates
Prior to 1970, only two mega-cities (urban areas with populations exceeding ten million inhabitants) existed in the world—Tokyo and New York City. By 1990, there were ten. Today, there are thirty-four. The United Nations predicts by 2030 that...
It’s Nice to Be Nice
Today is National Be Nice Day. Periodically, I check the National Day Calendar to see what special days are coming up. I do this partly for my own amusement (What’s more amusing than discovering it’s National Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your...
Keeping Stress from Becoming Distress
Being a part of a team can be one of life’s most fulfilling experiences. But it can also be one of life’s most frustrating experiences. As a member of a team, the measure of your achievement is tied to your team’s success—something which you, as an...
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