Preface: This post continues our value immersion with ‘Ohana. If you are newly joining us, I suggest you start here: ‘Ohana x2 and the 10 Tenets of an ‘Ohana in Business. “I ask you to compensate people well, and consider those people your partners.” —The Alaka‘i Benefactor: Sharing in the ‘Ohana in Business In this […]
The Ethos of Elections2016: Vote Your Values, or Vote Your Party?
As someone who coaches value alignment for a living, upholding the Managing with Aloha Ethos, “Be true to your values” I was fascinated by an interview I saw on television the other night. Sadly, we may have the most unpopular candidates ever running for the office of President of the United States in Hillary Clinton […]
It’s Time We Stop Withdrawing, and Get Involved Beyond Protest
To withdraw, is easy. Too easy. In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned that I have a tendency to opt out of social and broadcast media when the current news of the day turns particularly tragic and explosive in human casualty and anger-filled emotion. Sadness, alarm and despair are emotions running rampant lately, and I want […]
Sunday Mālama: Remembering our Elders
Death delivers a strange blessing. When elders die, we newly appreciate them, often more so than while they lived, and were still able to teach us. We miss them, when we could have remembered them in a far less disconnected way. Does our hindsight help us live differently? Two famous elders died recently: New York […]
Where VBM falls short in business, VCM intercepts, improves, and reinvents it
VBM is Value Based Management.Business models can be better. VCM is Values Centered Management. Far better. This is an important distinction about Managing with Aloha, and a hot button with me; I will do my best with staying off my soapbox about it! In our value alignment, this article relates to ‘Ike loa (learning), Ho‘ohanohano […]
Sunday Mālama: Ma‘alahi Mornings and Mahalo Nights
Productivity, habits, and hacking— oh my! Today’s Sunday Mālama came from talking story with an Alaka‘i Manager who had followed my writing during I time when I was deeply into productivity hacking. It can get to be quite an addiction! This manager had also participated in a pilot project I led for the Ho‘ohana Community, […]
Issues, Actions, Opinion, and Self-Managing with Aloha
I tend to stay away from commenting on highly contentious, emotionally charged ‘news’ issues, for I’m fully aware that noisy opinions can make me way too reactive, and less reasonable as well. What we hear on broadcast television and/or social media is often skewed for ratings and sensationalism, whether founded in extreme personal experiences (albeit […]