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.
Lance’s Reading List 2024
I enjoy learning. Hence, I enjoy reading. As Oscar Wilde said, “It is what you read when you don't have to that determines who you will be when you can't help it.” Four years ago, I started sharing a list of books I’ve read during the past year....
The Year in Review
Another year has come and gone! The fruits of our labor have continued to bless us with a loyal online following. And I sincerely appreciate those of you who like and share my social media content with others. In keeping with our annual...
12 Christmas Vacation Good Teammate Moves
My wife’s favorite holiday movie is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Admittedly, it’s one of my favorites too. I think a big reason I like the movie so much is because it’s relatable AND it’s filled with “Good Teammate Moves”—albeit some may...
Tapping Into the Sweetness
Today is National Maple Syrup Day! The maple syrup market is valued at a lucrative $1.4 billion and is projected to grow over the coming years as consumers are increasingly choosing alternative, lower-calorie, natural sweeteners over refined...
The Importance of Being Fully Fluent
I love meeting interesting people. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting a young man named Nicholas while eating dinner at a new restaurant. Nicholas was our waiter, and he told me the story of how both his maternal and paternal grandparents...
Where’s the Good Gravy?
Happy pre-Thanksgiving! If you’ve been loyal Teammate Tuesdays reader, you’re likely aware that Thanksgiving is my second favorite holiday. (National Be a Good Teammate Day is my first—obviously!) As a kid, I loved traveling to my grandmother’s...
Veteran Teammates
Americans observed Veterans Day yesterday to honor and thank those who served in the military. Veterans Day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is “largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that...
8 Things That Don’t Matter to Good Teammates
To good teammates, mindsets matter. So do morals, manners, and motives. In fact, almost everything matters to good teammates—the optimal word being almost. Here are eight things that don’t matter to good teammates: 1. Who gets the credit. It...
The Not-So-OK Corral
The most famous shootout in American history happened on this week in 1881. Despite lasting a mere thirty seconds, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral turned Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday into household names. On a cold fall afternoon in the boomtown of...
The Giving Team
Sixty years ago this month, Harper & Row (HarperCollins) published the beloved children’s book The Giving Tree. When I think of books that illustrate important aspects of being a good teammate, this is a book that comes to mind. Written and...
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