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Culture in the Making: How Grass Roots Movements Happen

September 8, 2019

Management is about getting things done through other people; it doesn’t get any more basic than that. You will best get things done through others by incorporating the values you share with them, values which embrace collaboration, and values which are fundamental good practices in the business environment. Aloha is the most universal value of […]

· Key 5. Language of Intention, Key 8. Sense of Place, Sunday Mālama

From Internal Chatter to Language of Intention

February 22, 2017

When culture-based slogans catch on in a workplace, think of it as the tacit approval of verbal agreement. People are voicing agreement to a value-based feeling or practice, and they are nominating it for your company’s Language of Intention — our essential Key 5 in the Managing with Aloha philosophy — to lend approval to […]

· Key 5. Language of Intention

There is no Vacuum in an Aloha workplace

December 6, 2016

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 […]

· Key 6. The ‘Ohana in Business Model

Kākou Communications and Our Tribe

July 1, 2016

Let’s dig in to 2 bits of vocabulary we use in our Language of Intention (Key 5): Kākou Communications, and Tribe as the notion of a community larger than team — I Have often referred to our Ho‘ohana Community as a tribe. Let’s also talk about how the two go together. As a brief preface, […]

· Key 5. Language of Intention

Brexit, Elections2016, and Witnessing History in the Making

June 24, 2016

June 23, 2016 will go down in history as Brexit, the day the British voted to leave the European Union. I have been fascinated with Brexit as the voting has happened. Glued to my laptop’s delivery of online news which reported and analyzed the results throughout yesterday evening, I was unable to contain myself, and […]

· Key 8. Sense of Place

Language of Intention Feeds the Culture Beast

June 16, 2016

In case you missed it, this post is a follow-up to this one: In Culture-building, Start with Communication Within that article we talked about 2 things: 1. A healthy culture is an enthusiastic receivership for meaningful work. 2. People within that culture — your peeps — receive best, when good communication practices are in place. […]

· Key 5. Language of Intention

In Culture-building, Start with Communication

June 13, 2016

Give me Culture! I’ve been immersed in our Say Leadership Coaching projects since returning from my summer vacation, to find that culture-building is the desired darling of the training objectives we hear. Energies are high. People feel ready to accomplish more, and they want to feel some traction. They’re stirring with a good impatience for […]

· Key 2. Worthwhile Work, Key 3. Value Alignment, Key 5. Language of Intention, Key 6. The ‘Ohana in Business Model

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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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The 9 Key Concepts of the Managing with Aloha ‘Ohana in Business Model

Key 1. The Aloha Spirit | Key 2. Worthwhile Work | Key 3. Value Alignment | Key 4. The Role of the Manager Reconstructed | Key 5. Language of Intention | Key 6. The ‘Ohana in Business Model | Key 7. Strengths Management | Key 8. Sense of Place | Key 9. Palena ‘ole

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