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    “Every single day, somewhere in the world, Aloha comes to life. As it lives and breathes within us, it defines the epitome of sincere, gracious, and intuitively perfect customer service given from one person to another.”

    This genuine connection is the Aloha Spirit Hawai‘i is known for.

    Now imagine if the customer is an employee, and if the customer service provider is their manager, one who continually shares his or her aloha spirit in the coaching and mentorship they offer. This possibility, this liberating reinvention, is one that managers everywhere can and must believe in, demonstrate and sustain if we are to truly thrive at work. Managing with Aloha helps managers and leaders do just that; grow in their belief and intention, and make worthwhile, meaningful work our reality.

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Hawaiian Values

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Alaka‘i

Alaka‘i is the Hawaiian value of leadership, and it is a quality for both managers and leaders, for it includes coaching, guiding and mentoring others. Those who are Alaka‘i lead with caring for others, courage and initiative, and with their good example. They understand that they shall be the guide for others only when they have gained their trust and respect.

Pronunciation Guide: Alaka‘i (Ala-kah-ee)

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For more on this value, these are articles Rosa has written on Alaka‘i since Managing with Aloha was first published:

Most recently, Rosa designed an Alaka‘i self-leadership module around feedback she received from those in our Ho‘ohana Community. The overall goal was to create a personal growth plan for your own statement of self-leadership (and thus your learning within that plan going forward). If you use this as a self-contained lesson plan, read and work with each article sequentially: They are in order, and build upon each other.

  1. Day One Essay: Alaka‘i, Chiefs and Indians
  2. Why Self-Leadership?
  3. Self-Leadership in 1 Sentence
  4. The Self-Leadership of Alaka‘i: The Connection to Worthwhile Work
  5. The Self-improvement Targets of Self-Leadership
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