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.
Chef Jennifer and the Quote Du Jour
Finding inspiration in an unexpected place, from an unexpected source, results in a special blessing. I had the good fortune of receiving such a blessing over the weekend. I was in Tampa for a convention and searching for someplace to eat dinner....
The Humility to Listen
Listening is an important part of being a good teammate. Teammates who listen facilitate efficiency, increase productivity, and minimize grief. Listening leads to team success, especially when it involves listening to feedback. This week in 1985,...
Regret-Free Endings
No one has a more insightful perspective on life than those nearing its end. Experiencing the final sands trickle from life’s hourglass permits the dying a unique position of reflection. For the past thirteen years, Tenzin Kiyosaki has served as an...
Carlos the Car Care Specialist
My work with corporate teams often centers on improving customer service. Business leaders want their employees to work together and for there to be harmony in their workplace, but they need their employees to be teammates—good teammates—to their...
7 Things Good Teammates Do That Go Unnoticed—But Shouldn’t
Retired educators tend to remember the students who caused them problems yet forget the ones who did not. Why educators remember difficult students is understandable. Those students gave them more stress and usually occupied more of their time. But...
Don’t Be Afraid to Care
Pink Floyd released its iconic album, The Dark Side of the Moon, forty-eight years ago this month. Considered by many to be one of the greatest concept albums of all time, it still holds the world record for the most weeks charted on the Billboard...
Countering Donor Fatigue
Anyone who works in fundraising is familiar with the concept of donor fatigue—a situation that develops when donors stop giving to a cause they previously supported. Donor fatigue can cripple an organization whose operations depend upon benefactor...
You Have One Job
The “you had one job” memes never disappoint. They provide some of the best laughs because they are absurd—yet laced with truth. The expression is the perfect response to seeing such blunders as handrails installed in the wrong direction of a...
How to Handle Being Betrayed by a Teammate
“Beware of the Ides of March.” The soothsayer offers this warning to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play of the same name. Caesar fails to heed the warning and is later assassinated on the Roman Senate floor. Before dying, Caesar utters the equally...
Your Emergency Is Our Emergency
A red flag goes up whenever I walk into an office and see a sign hanging on the wall that reads: Your problem does not equate to my emergency. This sign makes me cringe because it is a clear indication of a me-first/team-second culture. I’ve seen...
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