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.
Making Others Whole
The holiday season blesses us with several stories that embody the good teammate approach. Among my favorites is the story of the Christmas oranges. A few different variations of the story exist, but they all end the same way and contain the same...
Good Instead of Great
Sometimes I am asked why I use good teammate instead of great teammate. That’s a great question. The simple explanation has to do with the origins of my children’s book, Be a Good Teammate. At the time of its writing, my eldest daughter had just...
The Gift of Talent
The fact that the release of my weekly blog always falls on #GivingTuesday is serendipitous. Even though I’ve previously written about the history of #GivingTuesday (Giving Leads to Inspiration), I feel an obligation to highlight the occasion again...
When Thanks Isn’t Enough
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, bar none. Some of my fondest memories come from celebrating Thanksgiving at my grandmother’s house. The holiday includes all my favorites—food, family, fun, and football. For me, it doesn’t get much better than...
Assessing Through Confident Humility
In September, we launched a new Good Teammate Assessment Quiz on our website. Over the last two and half months, tens of thousands of people from 50 states and 31 countries have taken the quiz. The response has been unbelievable! One comment that...
Preventing Teammates from Bad Juju
Even though my blog is about teammates and teamwork, I don’t usually include content about specific sports teams or current sporting events. I try to steer clear of that type of content because I don’t want the value of Teammate Tuesdays...
The Beauty of Seasoned Teammates
I love the beauty of fall foliage. Mother Nature always seems to pick the perfect combination of colors. She chooses just the right amount of reds, yellows, and oranges to paint a foliage masterpiece. Unfortunately, I don’t get to experience the...
How to Handle Ghost Teammates
Is your team haunted by ghost teammates? Halloween is the perfect occasion to discuss the menacing nature of ghost teammates—team members who disappear when they are needed the most. Ghost teammates are not dependable. They have an aversion to...
Grouchy Teammates
Fifty-one years ago last week, Oscar the Grouch made his debut on Sesame Street. To commemorate the event, October 15 is now recognized as National Grouch Day—a date for all grouches to celebrate their way of life. According to the holiday’s...
10 Habits of Good Teammates
For better or worse, we are defined by our habits. What we consistently do sets the boundaries of our comfort zone. Since we tend to function at the mean of our comfort zone, our habits play a crucial part in determining the extent of our success....
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