Funny how the world will conspire. When I posted Seek A Better Mission just before this, I did not anticipate sharing this as a followup. Yet sometimes, something you cannot fathom in one day, will become overwhelmingly obvious the next. Yes, we need better missions. We need bigger visions too. Not bigger in the sense […]
Seek a Better Mission
Better Trumps Brand New We’ve been talking about MISSION lately: 1. Here: Speaking with Aloha: Called on a Mission. 2. On LinkedIn Pulse: It’s Time to Affirm your Mission — or Change it. We often run into a misconception about mission: We think we have to begin anew and start from scratch, coming up with […]
Ka lā hiki ola and Leadership: A Sense of Hope
A Managing with Aloha Whiteboard Lesson: Ka lā hiki ola ~ literally; ‘the dawning of a new day’ Ka lā hiki ola ~ the Value of Hope and Optimism Ka lā hiki ola ~ the Expectation of whatever is ‘next’ coupled with the expectation of Better Leadership ~ championing the Clarity of Compelling Vision Leadership […]
The 19 Values of Aloha ~ continuously learned and shared
A little over a year ago, I was approached by the editor of Ke Ola to write a business column for her magazine. It was a time when I was pulling back on the Writing with Aloha part of my publishing, but the project she outlined became more and more appealing as we talked about […]
On Leaders, Leading, and Leadership: The How and Why
First, the vocab basics, to be clear about our MWA context: LEADER – a person, not a title LEADING – a verb, the actions taken by that person who aspires to lead LEADERSHIP – the effective result, or overall persuasion of consistency in intentional leading [see Ka lā hiki ola and Leadership: A Sense of […]
Hana ‘eleau: Working in the Dark
Work. As HO‘OHANA, good work has become my mission: I want people to have a legacy they’ve attained through doing great work, and nothing but. I think of Managing with Aloha as our very active Ho‘o pathway forward, in making great work happen. HO‘OHANA is good in and of itself, and it’s rewarding. Ho‘ohana: WORK […]
‘IMI OLA: To seek life and strengthen your faith
One of my goals in writing Managing with Aloha, was to help people think of value choices and value definitions in a fresher way, beyond being satisfied by statements like, “My values are about family, community and my faith” or, “I believe in truth and in justice, and in civic responsibility.” What about family, community […]