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Skills for a Lifetime of Work

September 26, 2019

Preface: My mind has been on Self-development Hits Home, which is about strengths management, and understanding the difference between your talents, skills, and knowledge. Therefore, articles on the web which touch on skill-building are catching my radar. I reference one of them in the beginning of this post, and continue the conversation for our managed […]

· Key 7. Strengths Management

Sunday Mālama: Self-development hits home

September 15, 2019

The ‘home’ of my post title is me, myself and I, and I’m writing this in the hope you start to think about your home-in-self-health that way too. I had coffee and conversation with a business coach recently, and as we meandered through a myriad of subjects, we landed on talking about different self-development approaches. […]

· Key 7. Strengths Management, Sunday Mālama

Rapid Fire Learning: Guilt is a worthless emotion—or is it?

January 30, 2019

Preface: One of the ‘elders’ in our Ho‘ohana Community is an ‘Ike loa learning habit, a month-end practice we named Rapid Fire Learning (RFL). It starts as a private journaling practice, handwritten for self-reflection and much shorter than what follows: I’ve opted to post this month’s here on the blog to transcribe more, and to curate […]

· Key 7. Strengths Management

Mad Respect for Competence

August 9, 2017

In this article: The ‘Ohana in Business (OIB) of Managing with Aloha will relentlessly pursue professionalism via their competence, and the sequential progression of competency toward expertise. —You’ve decided to have an OIB: The ‘Ohana in Business Starts with “Why?” —You’ve decided to be an Alaka‘i Benefactor: The Alaka‘i Benefactor: Sharing in the ‘Ohana in Business […]

· Key 6. The ‘Ohana in Business Model, Key 7. Strengths Management

6 Month Review: Give yourself Space for Better and an Energy Audit

June 27, 2016

July 1st is this coming Friday. It’s time for a 6-month review. Here’s what I suggest: Make space for better in the 6 months of 2016 to come, and Give yourself an energy audit. Over the weekend I checked in with photographer and creative Chase Jarvis, and he got me thinking about energy. Ours. Human-powered […]

· Key 4. The Role of the Manager Reconstructed, Key 5. Language of Intention, Key 7. Strengths Management

When it’s good, S-T-R-E-T-C-H it out!

May 10, 2016

I’m so excited. This is the day I program my contact places with my “on vacation!” message, and switch gears for two weeks. The hubby and I will be jetting off to a family vacation, and I can barely contain my joy in imagining all it will be for us — we have planned for […]

· Key 3. Value Alignment, Key 6. The ‘Ohana in Business Model, Key 7. Strengths Management

The difference between Should and Should-ing

January 28, 2015

‘Should-ing’ isn’t a word that’s made it into the dictionary yet, far as I know. Yet should-ing is probably one of the most useful words I know, part of my vocabulary for a dozen years or so, thanks to Marcus Buckingham, the gentleman who champions the strengths management movement. Should-ing is a cautionary word about […]

· Key 1. The Aloha Spirit, Key 7. Strengths Management

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19 Values of Aloha: Index Pages

There are 19 Values of Aloha taught within the Managing with Aloha philosophy:

Ch.1 Aloha | Ch.2 Ho‘ohana | Ch.3 ‘Imi ola | Ch.4 Ho‘omau | Ch.5 Kūlia i ka nu‘u | Ch.6 Ho‘okipa | Ch.7 ‘Ohana | Ch.8 Lōkahi | Ch.9 Kākou | Ch.10 Kuleana | Ch.11 ‘Ike loa | Ch.12 Ha‘aha‘a | Ch.13 Ho‘ohanohano | Ch.14 Alaka‘i | Ch.15 Mālama | Ch.16 Mahalo | Ch.17 Nānā i ke kumu | Ch.18 Pono | Ch.19 Ka lā hiki ola | Full Listing

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