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The Importance of Being Fully Fluent

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 immigrated to America...
Where’s the Good Gravy?

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 house, watching the...
Veteran Teammates

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 their contributions...
8 Things That Don’t Matter to Good Teammates

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 doesn’t matter to good...
The Not-So-OK Corral

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 Tombstone, Arizona,...

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