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 can be much shorter, or longer, than what follows: I’ve opted to post an excerpt of my own RFL this […]
Ho‘ohana: The Founder’s Mindset
In studying leaders and the values which drive them, I’ve found that there is a striking difference between founder owners, and most business executives: In short, it’s the passion and purpose which drives them—it’s their Ho‘ohana, their intention connection to worthwhile work. With a founder owner, what drives them stems from a very clear WHY, […]
Sunday Mālama: Are your projects and your ideas in sync?
Sense of Place: It’s January, the month of resolutions, goal-setting, and life’s way finding. In a recent newsletter, I shared this with the Ho‘ohana Community; Two Choices: The Change I Choose. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my own experiences with making New Year’s resolutions, it’s this: a) Make as few of them as possible, […]
Mad Respect for Competence
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 […]
Sunday Mālama: Stretching your 8 Hours
When Samuel Gompers, who led the labor group that organized this particular iteration of the 8-hour movement, was asked, “What does labor want?” he responded, “It wants the earth and the fullness thereof.” And to me it seems significant that it’s not 8 hours of, say, “leisure” or “education,” but “8 hours of what we […]
Ho‘okipa, Time, and Attention.
I pulled up to one of our Hawai‘i Island resort hotels the other day, to valet park my car. The parking valets were out parking the cars of those who had arrived before me, leaving only the doorman to welcome me. That ‘welcome’ however, never happened. Oh, he did approach my car. He opened the […]
The 3 C’s of 2017: Change, Congruency, Critical Thinking
Change is happening all around us, and I would like to suggest a January conversation to you. Let’s talk story about our response to the whirlwinds of current change via the skill-building of Critical Thinking and the value-alignment of Congruency. Value Preview: In this posting, we will also consider the value alignment of Managing with […]