Look Back, to Go Forward in a better way. Many business coaches will tell you to ramp up your business focus now, for this is a time when most of the world slows down business-wise and you can seize those curtailed attention opportunities to competitive advantage. That has never been my approach, for much as […]
Winter Readiness for Alaka‘i Managers
November 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
Preview: This is a post to include in the manager’s self-coaching toolkit. “Begin with the end in mind” …has long been a mantra for me (mahalo nui to Stephen R. Covey, for sharing it within his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People). I believe in Hō‘imi, and looking ahead with positive expectancy (Palena ‘ole Positivity is […]
Huddles, Values and the Work Ethic we Value
August 17, 2013 By 1 Comment
Huddle up, and Talk Story. I encourage Alaka‘i Managers to talk story often — to huddle with their team (and do call it a ‘huddle’ instead of a ‘meeting’) and simply talk about something and just about anything, where the manager has no issue or resolution in mind, and no agenda of any kind other […]
We Earn Our Keep, Integrated
August 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Preface: We are devoting the month of August to a value exploration of work ethic. You can continue to find new article links in this series on the August 2013 archive page, where they are listed with previews. A Career Path’s Lessons Learned Because of my own work history, I’m often asked about working in […]
Great Managers Start Great: An ALOHA Rite of Passage
July 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
Collect stories. Dispel myths.
May 26, 2013 By 3 Comments
Preface: I wrote this a few years ago, while a contributing author on Lifehack.org, and a recent happening brought it back to mind for me. I, and the managers involved, were talking story about the ‘baggage’ people can carry around with them at work. Collect stories. Dispel myths. Every company has a storied past. Are […]
America, it’s time to get Decent, and be Pono: Raise the Minimum Wage
February 17, 2013 By 3 Comments
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 […]
