Preface: I’ve asked the Ho‘ohana Community to share their best practices with me, as we tackle our Ho‘omau Kākou initiative on the 9 Key Concepts, and thanks to a project within my current work within Say Leadership Coaching I’ve been inspired recently to share one of my own with you: Assigning Homework. Labor Day has […]
7 Business Themes for 2019
We hope for courage in leadership, and we continue to seek nobility in management. 10 years ago, I wrote an article for the Honolulu Advertiser (now the Honolulu Star Advertiser) titled, The Top 7 Business Themes on my 2009 Wish List. It’s 2019; have we made progress? Would those 7 business themes be different for […]
Bring Constants and Change to Ho‘omau Agreement
Change is overwhelming; that much is a given. Charles M. Bow, columnist with the New York Times, tweeted “Lord, I need to pace myself. Trump and his shenanigans are going to do me in if I don’t,” a sentiment I can totally relate to. It’s no secret that I am a Trump resister turned #BeAloha […]
To Manage with Aloha is to Hack Behavior
We talked about productivity hacking last time. What managers who adopt Managing with Aloha basically do, is behavior hacking: We hack to gain Aloha-informed behaviors. For programmers who hack, the target is computer code, and unfortunately, some nefarious types within their ranks have brought sinister and illegal intentions to the practice. However, hacking is simply […]
Keeping it Real
Can you pull this off? Via Pinterest. This can be a tough thing for managers, and it amounts to having a certain credibility in the work you do each and every day, with reliable constancy. We can ‘step up’ when we need to, when we have a solid foundation to launch from. Our people expect […]
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 […]
Tough Times are Rough Draft Times
He started our conversation over coffee saying, “This is such a tough time to be in business.” Well, it could be said that it’s always a tough time in business, for there’s always something challenging about it, always some problem-solving to be tackled, isn’t there. It can also be said that the tough challenges are […]