Management is about getting things done through other people; it doesn’t get any more basic than that. You will best get things done through others by incorporating the values you share with them, values which embrace collaboration, and values which are fundamental good practices in the business environment. Aloha is the most universal value of […]
We don’t inherit our values: We choose them.
I have been on a reading overload on Twitter these past few days, i.e. Pre and Post Elections2016, and would like to share a few of my findings there with you. Let’s instead ‘accept’ that this election result wouldn’t have happened in a healthier, inclusive, good America, and work to get whole again — Rosa […]
Brexit, Elections2016, and Witnessing History in the Making
June 23, 2016 will go down in history as Brexit, the day the British voted to leave the European Union. I have been fascinated with Brexit as the voting has happened. Glued to my laptop’s delivery of online news which reported and analyzed the results throughout yesterday evening, I was unable to contain myself, and […]
Being Home is being welcomed back by your Sense of Place
I will have to share a few of my vacation pics with you once I’ve sorted them out (there are a few on Instagram if you’d like a preview). Meanwhile, my VacationSTRETCH is now in its 7th day back home — crazy how fast it goes! On one of those 7 mornings, I had my […]
Aloha Intentions: Ke Ola Series 2
The newest issue of Ke Ola Magazine was just published on May 1st, and I thought I would share it with all of you subscribed for this blog as well, for it kicks off the 2nd series on Managing with Aloha I will be writing for the business column of the magazine. As you will […]
The Real Rules of Engagement (Redux)
If we stick to the gist of it, BALANCE 2014 (posted 2 days ago) was about attention moving toward intention, and settling within welcomed engagement, without “Please, just leave me alone” withdrawal putting up an attention-blinding roadblock. The Venn diagram would look like this: The self-coaching journaling I asked you to do at the end […]
Balance, 2014
We used to talk about work/life balance — a lot. Nowadays, work/life integration is the phrase in vogue, and I use and prefer it too, particularly when we talk of striving for that sweet spot where working with Aloha meets living with Aloha and we are at our best, sustaining a livelihood that nourishes our […]