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 […]
Managing with Aloha through the Lessons-Learned from Current Events
“I don’t discuss politics” in Baby Steps The political drama surrounding General Michael Flynn’s resignation as White House national security adviser is having an effect on business and the workplace as well: We’re talking about it. We seem to have reached a tipping point. It has amused me, how many of my previously silent business […]
Are you approachable?
Ready for a follow-up to this? Desk time, Face time, Ho‘o time. When I say ‘face time’ what do you instantly think about? One of my own instant word associations, is approachability, especially now, when Ha‘aha‘a is the value we are value-mapping our month with. This is a bring-back post, remembered from the pages of […]
What does ‘Ohana mean to you?
There are three things I immediately associate with the value of ‘Ohana whenever I think about it, and within the context of our Managing with Aloha practice: Form and function; i.e. how ‘Ohana is “the human circle of Aloha.” There are so many comforts within that circle! Inclusiveness is not just for families. Form can […]
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Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou Kākou — Happy New Year my friends! There are many who choose a word, or a phrase, or a theme to succinctly describe their prediction or personal persuasion for the year to come. Well, if you’ve spent any time reading what I write, you know this about me: Try as I might, […]
Huddles, Values and the Work Ethic we Value
Huddle up, and Talk Story. I encourage Alaka‘i Managers to talk story often — to huddle with their team (and do call it a ‘huddle’ instead of a ‘meeting’) and simply talk about something and just about anything, where the manager has no issue or resolution in mind, and no agenda of any kind other […]
Manager, Keep Thyself Together
Now into the throes of February, we, in a managers’ talking story huddle, were dishing on the lifespan of our various New Year’s resolutions. Keala spoke up just in time, curbing what might otherwise have become a downslide into dropped resolution commiseration. She said, “I’m doing pretty well with mine, mostly because I made only […]