… and there is no better example of this adage than a Human Being. Dear Manager, Here is one of those questions which constantly bounces around in your people’s heads about you, though they never say it out loud enough for you to hear it: Care enough to know me? You have placed people within [...]
Policy Changes Ache Groundwork
February 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Writing a book, and founding a business based on the philosophy of that book, is not the All Access Pass you may think it is. I have encountered a variety of push back for the ideas and suggestions offered in Managing with Aloha over the years. Still do. Resistors will say things like, “Well, I’m [...]
The instinctive, natural selection of Wanting
January 28, 2013 By 5 Comments
The best advice I give in my new supervisors workshop is this: “Find a good listener you can tell your workplace stories to. Get them out, and talk story about them.” It’s advice that goes with “We don’t manage by the book, we manage by the person.” and with “Accept your Small Wisdoms with Grace.” [...]
They seem happy enough. — Goal!
January 2, 2013 By 9 Comments
“They seem happy enough.” Does that sentence bother you? It bothers me, for it was said by a manager about his team. Things are not always what they seem. And why “they” instead of “we?” Is there really an “enough” which can contain true happiness? Here’s a goal for the Alaka‘i Manager to consider in [...]
Just 5 Over the Holidays
December 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
Remember this? Managerial Batching: 1, 2, 5 and 7. Let’s focus on the “Just 5” part of it with practical, relevant, and useful holiday batching. This is the season, where Less, is definitely More. To save you a click… Just 5 In MWA culture-building, ‘Just 5’ carries two meanings. Just 5 minutes each day for [...]
Our Thanksgiving Week Mahalo
November 18, 2012 By
If you were part of the Ho‘ohana Community involved in Talking Story, the Managing with Aloha Coaching project, or Say “Alaka‘i” (and Ho‘ohana ‘Ōlelo — remember that?) today’s posting will look familiar, and with very good reason. Good things are worth repeating! If not, hurray for being here now! Let’s practice the magnificent gifting of [...]
Your In-house Training: Do it!
November 15, 2012 By 5 Comments
When it comes to workplace programs, I have 3 favorites to recommend to managers who wish to cultivate more Managing with Aloha “real work” practices in their culture: The Daily 5 Minutes, mandated for constant conversational inputs and partnership agreements A Value of the Month program, as mentioned last time, and The Monthly In-House Training [...]
