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A Sense of Place Delivers True Wealth
When I meet Alaka‘i Managers (managers who are the Great Ones), and am able to visit their workplaces, I consistently see the Sense of Place commonality they share as culture-builders. I will feel it...
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Tear Down Your Walls
What’s mine, is mine to care for, and mine to share. What’s mine, is ultimately ours. As the saying goes, “you can’t take it with you” and you can only be with it in whatever todays you have. How much...
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Speak up, I’m listening
I’m a child of parents who subscribed to the belief that “children should be seen but not heard, and speak when they are spoken to” whenever company came calling. My siblings and I knew this rule...
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On Ho‘ohiki: Keeping your promises
This is a short and sweet post folks, but it’s important: Follow up, and keep your promises. You should consider your credibility and your reputation with keeping your word to be one of the defining...
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Ka lā hiki ola and the ‘Can do’ attitude of Ho‘ohiki
The first time I went out on the ocean with the Alaka‘i Nalu, I was in seat five of their first and oldest canoe, the seat where the steersman in seat six could best keep an eye on me. The canoe was...
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Carry, and Use, Pen and Paper
Last time, we talked about: Managing Basics: Study Their Work. So how do you get that done? Handle the right now, and handle it well. Forget your laptop, and put away your smartphone. Great managers...
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Managers Make Promises They Can Keep
“I left no time to dwell on promises I had no way of keeping.” ~ Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking I’m not a fan of most reality shows, but one I do enjoy watching is The Voice, NBC’s effort to...
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On November 4th, your Civic Duty calls. Answer, and answer well.
There is a rather popular saying in Hawai‘i right now, and it goes like this: “No vote, no grumble.” What mostly happens however, sad to say, is that people don’t vote, yet keep grumbling. Hawai‘i has...
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