Sweet, sweet beginnings! It’s that time of year when I’ve historically sent you missives that are fresh round-ups of, and new check-ins with, our 19 values of Managing with Aloha: e.g. 2015: Goals change, values are forever. This year however, let’s talk bigger picture, reviewing some of our most delectable basics, and working on the […]
Nothing’s Final in the Managed with Aloha Workplace
Next, not Final: “That’s final!” is a phrase you won’t hear an Alaka‘i Manager say. They are more inclined to say, “Let’s try this, and then let’s follow up with each other again once we have a track record to talk about, and compare notes with.” ‘Next’ is always around the corner, waiting for us […]
Dear Manager, Don’t let me get bored.
Interesting work will be intentional work. We often hear this interesting/intentional work of Ho‘ohana described this way: Good work will be engaging. Good work will be important and count for something, and it will be fulfilling. I doubt anyone would argue, yet this is what was reported by The Atlantic as an all-too-common workplace story: […]
Got Passion?
passion |ˈpa sh ən| noun ~ strong and barely controllable emotion : a man of impetuous passion. We often think of passion as an indicator of emotional attachment. It’s a noun we tend to think of as an adjective, believing that people are either passionate about something, or they’re not, and that’s that. It is […]
Curate, and Be Curated
Have you cracked open that gorgeous new journal you got for Christmas? The clean slate we get each January, is an opportunity for managers to employ start-fresh record-keeping. In this era where a smartphone’s camera and voice recorder normally sits in your pocket or is commonly cradled in hand, (and is often of way better […]
The Real Rules of Engagement (Redux)
If we stick to the gist of it, BALANCE 2014 (posted 2 days ago) was about attention moving toward intention, and settling within welcomed engagement, without “Please, just leave me alone” withdrawal putting up an attention-blinding roadblock. The Venn diagram would look like this: The self-coaching journaling I asked you to do at the end […]
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 […]