“… because when you do, the 2nd priority you give to me is better.” When I was a young manager, I was taught to give everything I had to my work, with the goal of creating a career for myself above all else. Professional 1st, personal 2nd (and separate). My generation’s elders — my parents, […]
Archives for July 2013
On Leaders, Leading, and Leadership: The How and Why
First, the vocab basics, to be clear about our MWA context: LEADER – a person, not a title LEADING – a verb, the actions taken by that person who aspires to lead LEADERSHIP – the effective result, or overall persuasion of consistency in intentional leading [see Ka lā hiki ola and Leadership: A Sense of […]
Great Managers Start Great: An ALOHA Rite of Passage
Do you remember what it was like when you got your very first supervisory assignment or in-management position? I do. Two words come to mind for me: Heady and scary. Heady in that warm and fuzzy feeling of affirmation, that someone trusted me, and believed in me. Scary in that I had no clue what […]
July 1= 6 Months of Value Immersion
Six months ago, I spent most of New Years Eve revisiting our 19 Values of Aloha: Going Forward into 2013, with Aloha. Now six months hence, it has become the single post I personally refer back to most often here at MWA Central, no other comes close. It listed my hunches for the year, and […]