With each New Year, I think about how our 19 Values of Aloha have evolved as timeless, yet newly-freshened themes because of our past year’s influences. What has strengthened about each one, and where has new complexion been gathered up, pū‘olo mea maika‘i, in that “bundle of good things you return home with.” Theme is a […]
Archives for 2012
A Gift of Focus
“I have spent more hours than I can count holding a focus for people while they purged tons of undone, incomplete “stuff” lying around their life.” — David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, and founder of The David Allen Company, a global training and consulting company, widely considered the leading authority in the fields […]
Just 5 Over the Holidays
Remember this? Managerial Batching: 1, 2, 5 and 7. Let’s focus on the “Just 5” part of it with practical, relevant, and useful holiday batching. This is the season, where Less, is definitely More. To save you a click… Just 5 In MWA culture-building, ‘Just 5’ carries two meanings. Just 5 minutes each day for […]
The First Time and the Insider’s Advantage
Preface: This is a freshened-up reprint of a short article I had initially published for Lifehack.org back in May of 2006. I have just returned from a trip, and a couple of my travel experiences brought it back to mind for me; one was at Café Rio, and another at The Boiling Crab. Its subject […]
Thanksgiving Blessings and Aloha
Happy Thanksgiving my friends, I have always loved November, for it is a beautiful month of thoughtfulness and reflection. This day in particular, Thanksgiving Day, is one that shines brightly with the brilliance of our inner human light. We nourish each other today, and we relish the gift of each others company. Three values come […]
Our Thanksgiving Week Mahalo
If you were part of the Ho‘ohana Community involved in Talking Story, the Managing with Aloha Coaching project, or Say “Alaka‘i” (and Ho‘ohana ‘Ōlelo — remember that?) today’s posting will look familiar, and with very good reason. Good things are worth repeating! If not, hurray for being here now! Let’s practice the magnificent gifting of […]
Your In-house Training: Do it!
When it comes to workplace programs, I have 3 favorites to recommend to managers who wish to cultivate more Managing with Aloha “real work” practices in their culture: The Daily 5 Minutes, mandated for constant conversational inputs and partnership agreements A Value of the Month program, as mentioned last time, and The Monthly In-House Training […]