I applaud President Obama for putting the minimum wage discussion on the table in his State of the Union address, but I personally see this issue as one of business model integrity. We business owners should be doing the right thing, because it IS the right thing to do, and not because of any government [...]
America, it’s time to get Decent, and be Pono: Raise the Minimum Wage
February 17, 2013 By 3 Comments
‘Ohana as “those who love you”
February 13, 2013 By 1 Comment
Came across this quote today, so fitting for our Valentines Day week: “Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when [...]
The Rub of the Business Model is Solved by your Values
February 11, 2013 By 3 Comments
I stumbled across a short story recently which took me way, way back to the reasons for my earliest interest in values-based management. Those reasons, are why Managing with Aloha came to be two decades later. Let me first send you over to The Story of Telling to read “Loved” by Bernadette Jiwa. It’s short, [...]
Can everyone be a Partner?
February 5, 2013 By 4 Comments
Yes. In our Managing with Aloha Language of Intention they can. It’s core to our KĀKOU value alignment. Our vocabulary drives our intention. ‘Employee’ is not a word I use much anymore, and never in my own business. I’ll use it in my keynote presentations and workshops because it’s common vocabulary for everyone else, but [...]
Purposeful Following
January 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I’d like to follow-up with a bit more on the concept of ‘stellar followership’ mentioned 2 postings before this one: [If you got here via searching the keyword, this article is NOT about social media ‘following’ or ‘friending.’ Here on Managing with Aloha we talk story about good work and great workplaces.] The service stop, [...]
Life’s 3 Stops in Motivation: Happiness, Meaning, Service
January 24, 2013 By 8 Comments
Preface: This posting is follow-up to a conversation started here: They seem happy enough. — Goal! (published January 2, 2013) … and then commented on here — (same page; scroll to the comments) triggered by an article written for The Atlantic by Emily Esfahani Smith: There’s More to Life Than Being Happy The links above [...]
Revisiting the Daily 5 Minutes: Lessons Learned
January 20, 2013 By 5 Comments
I was talking story with a manager who has been a reader of my blogs for a very long time, as long as I’ve published online, dating back to August of 2004 — 3 months before my book was released. She asked a very perceptive question of me: “Rosa, why isn’t D5M (the Daily 5 [...]
