Do you know why we love quotes so much? Because they have power, the power to hit you and pierce through to your core like a bolt of lightning — a bolt that will not damage you like real lightning will, but will keep you lit up, warmed, or energized with new resolve to BE.BETTER. […]
There is no Vacuum in an Aloha workplace
Real life lesson: Umair Haque shares a 2 minute read on Medium titled American Karma: “Moral Choice and Human Awareness” which includes this; “What happened to America? The story is very simple. I can tell it in three sentences.” “The right campaigned for a complete implosion of the state, and got it. The left campaigned […]
Smartphone Ho‘ohanohano
At Say Leadership Coaching, we’re taking radical measures with our smartphones. We’re putting them away. A Value Review Ho‘ohanohano is thought of as the value of respect and self-respect. It teaches us to honor the dignity of others, while we conduct ourselves with distinction, honor, and integrity as well. Hanohano is a glorious dignity, and […]
Sunday Mālama: Remembering our Elders
Death delivers a strange blessing. When elders die, we newly appreciate them, often more so than while they lived, and were still able to teach us. We miss them, when we could have remembered them in a far less disconnected way. Does our hindsight help us live differently? Two famous elders died recently: New York […]
Where VBM falls short in business, VCM intercepts, improves, and reinvents it
VBM is Value Based Management. Business models can be better. VCM is Values Centered Management. Far better. This is an important distinction about Managing with Aloha, and a hot button with me; I will do my best with staying off my soapbox about it! In terms of value alignment, this article relates to ‘Ike loa […]
Sunday Mālama: Better Managers are Better People
Let’s talk story. Let’s talk about expertise in Living with Aloha. (Talking Story is Thriving. It’s What We Do) When you write for a weblog, the rule you’re advised to keep top of mind is that you must write for your readers and not yourself, keeping your ‘this is mostly about me’ thoughts reserved for […]
January~February 2015: The Value Immersion of Ha‘aha‘a (humility) and Ho‘ohanohano (dignity)
Happy New Year! Yes, we are excited about our prospects with everything shiny and new. No, we do not discard the old which has proven to be so good to us, and good for us. Chief among that good in our Managing with Aloha practice, is value immersion — we eagerly succumb to having our […]