Preface: I’ve asked the Ho‘ohana Community to share their best practices with me, as we tackle our Ho‘omau Kākou initiative on the 9 Key Concepts, and thanks to a project within my current work within Say Leadership Coaching I’ve been inspired recently to share one of my own with you: Assigning Homework. Labor Day has […]
Speak to your Intent
When people learn of my management trajectory during one of my speaking engagements, I will often get asked, “Well then, how did you become the person who could do public speaking?” My answer: “It’s always been part of my management gig.” All that really changed for me through the years, was the audience. Speak to […]
New to Management: A Learn-the-Ropes Checklist
As the author of Managing with Aloha, I get thoughtful questions from people via email. This one came a few days ago: Dear Rosa, I just got a job as an intern. I’m pretty excited about it, for this company is growing like crazy, and they are known to give their graduating interns terrific opportunities […]
Great Managers Start Great: An ALOHA Rite of Passage
Do you remember what it was like when you got your very first supervisory assignment or in-management position? I do. Two words come to mind for me: Heady and scary. Heady in that warm and fuzzy feeling of affirmation, that someone trusted me, and believed in me. Scary in that I had no clue what […]
You are Your Habits, so Make ‘em Good!
Preface: Thinking about force of habit will always remind me of The Riddle. Here is an update from a post of the same name I previously published on TalkingStory.org …and my updates will always trim shorter and be more on point over time, one of those Ka‘ana like good things! This Archive Aloha is about […]
Your In-house Training: Do it!
When it comes to workplace programs, I have 3 favorites to recommend to managers who wish to cultivate more Managing with Aloha “real work” practices in their culture: The Daily 5 Minutes, mandated for constant conversational inputs and partnership agreements A Value of the Month program, as mentioned last time, and The Monthly In-House Training […]
The Bull in Your China Shop
One of the things you quickly learn as a workplace culture coach, is that there can be significant differences between what your point-of-contact wants (i.e. the person calling or hiring you) and what everyone else in the organization wants. You learn to assess both, best you can, and strike for that happiest meeting ground between […]