Golden Rule Management I’m sure you know of The Golden Rule: “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” The Golden Rule is the inspiration for what we who manage with Aloha call “Golden Rule Management” and it goes like this: “Do for, and do with others, as you would have them […]
Rapid Fire Learning
The month draws to a close today, and it is therefore time for Rapid Fire Learning. Got your journal open? Rapid Fire Learning One of the ‘elders’ in our Ho‘ohana Community is an ‘Ike loa learning habit, a month-end practice we named Rapid Fire Learning (RFL). RFL was created on TalkingStory.org in September of 2006, a […]
Values represent the good in your life
I’ve just had a run of delivering speeches and workshops to several groups of people, and I’m on a high—Mahalo for being there if you were a part of any of them! If you’ve ever attended one of my presentations, you’ve seen this slide or had these lines printed in your handouts, and you have […]
Response-able: Life Skills in Responsibility
I’m rather fond of getting language, words, and the vocabulary we use daily to do their magic for us. The principle I routinely promote for this with you, is Language of Intention, Key 5 of Managing With Aloha’s 9 Key Concepts: Key 5. LANGUAGE OF INTENTION: Language, vocabulary, and conversation combine as our primary tools […]
UnReliant
I once heard it said that ‘unreliance’ is the ultimate success with accepting personal responsibility. To be unreliant, is to be totally on your own: Autonomous. Independent. Self-reliant. Self-sufficient. Life is not a solo proposition however, and I do think a certain measure of healthy coexistence is a human necessity (coexistence, not codependence), just as […]
Responsibility’s Kuleana Keepers
Preview: Much good comes from the responsibility you accept, and decide to take ownership of. There is, however, a trap to be aware of as well. Kuleana; The Hawaiian Value of Responsibility Responsibility’s Kuleana Keepers When writing Managing with Aloha’s chapter on Kuleana, my focus was on the workplace gemstones we commonly associate with responsibility […]
Your Responsibilities: Kuleana Joy or Clutter?
Responsibility. It’s quite the heavy-hitter, isn’t it. Along the ins and outs of a lengthy working career filled with goal setting, initiative sharing and strategic objective plotting, I learned something unshakeable and consistent about responsibility. Responsibility rules. Once your sense of responsibility about something asserts itself in your psyche, it will rule all else. It […]