April 2009
25 posts
Heroes, Ripple Effects and Community | Confident... →
Short, inspirational post for the week from Joanna Young.
A few words on community from [book] The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By…Heeding the call, the author writes, has a ripple effect.
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching:... →
A preface today, since we have welcomed many new subscribers to Talking Story over this past week. You will find the title of this post at the next heading below the photo (one of my shortest ever!) but first:
Why are Say “Alaka‘i” postings duplicated on Talking Story?
Three truths about coaching - Training Zone →
Michael Bungay Stanier, a top Canadian coach, says coaching cannot always miraculously transform an organisation. Here are his three truths about what coaching can - and cannot – achieve.
March 2009
22 posts
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching:... →
Before I launch into the rest of this posting, I want to say that I do intend to have my Talking Story articles evolve to a much shorter form from now on. This will not be a short one today, but I feel it is extremely important, as it is foundational to what is yet to come.
It is about our intentions and our attentions. A powerful match-up we have spoken about both here in regard to Ho‘ohana and...
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Need to look into this resource. Hattip Amy Palko :)
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Thank... →
I cannot add another posting here without FIRST saying a HUGE mahalo [thank you] to those of you who are reading these words.
You’re still here, and I am beyond overjoyed. Here’s why.
This past week has been uncharacteristically nerve-wracking for me…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: How do... →
Alaka‘i managers and leaders are lifelong learners. They have to be. Learning is how… how what? My feeling, and what I have continuously observed over time, especially as someone with a calling for better management, is that learning is how we grow.
yet Lifelong learning is one of those qualities that can get a lot of lip service…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Rapid... →
Rapid Fire Learning is a monthly feature that our Ho‘ohana Community normally hosts at our Joyful Jubilant Learning neighborhood on the 25th of each month. March is the only exception, when we take an RFL break to wholly invest in A Love Affair with Books.
However RFL is a habit that does not stop for me. It takes me no more than five minutes time sitting at my keyboard, and those five minutes,...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: What’s... →
Preface: This posting is a follow-up to this one: Do you ask good questions? If you haven’t read it yet, please consider going there first; for the preview will frame this article much better for you.
Ho‘ohana is the Hawaiian value of intentional work. So my title asks if the work you are doing right now is the work of your calling. The value of Alaka‘i is a calling to the work of a manager and...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Do you... →
Learning to ask good questions is a finely tuned skill that great managers and leaders will master. We started to talk about this a little bit last time… sometimes questions are staged, or otherwise welcomed versus asked outright: Who gives you your Second Opinion?).
Questions are sort of like paintings: There is a vast array of different ones, and though the painting stays the same once...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Who... →
Most of the one-on-one coaching I do with leaders is done virtually; we use the telephone, Skype, or web-based project management spaces. However I do fit in the travel necessary for face to face time with my customers as much as I can possibly do so, for without question, in-person conversation is the best tool a coach has, especially when that conversation plays out in their territory…
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Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: How... →
I am straying from our normal Sunday Koa Kākou m.o. today, because I want to share something with you while it is so fresh in mind.
Let’s talk about why managers matter
We are hearing the “L word” quite a bit lately, whether in boardrooms, on the evening news, or in the market when we run into friends and neighbors. We hear it because of the “R word” —the current economic recession. The “L word”...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: How To... →
We’ve all heard the advice; when you’re an exec or senior leader newly arriving at an organization, you’d best take the time to learn the “lay of the land,” getting to know the organizational culture well before you start making changes. Take the temperature before you get the cold shoulder, or find you’ve gone from the frying pan into the fire.
Sounds like good, logical, savvy advice, right?
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching:... →
“We could call Malone.”
Malone loves the char siu ribs which have become widely known as my husband’s specialty. They are really, really good, something you never get tired of eating —the first time. When the chef is in the family you do get a bit spoiled about not wanting to eating them as leftovers though; just not the same as heat-plumped and juicy off the grill. Problem is, his char siu rib...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: The... →
From the Say “Alaka‘i” mailbox:
Rosa, in telling us about Twitter, you wrote: “On the other side of the spectrum, there are scores of businesses still resisting giving internet access to their staff much less taking the plunge with social media, and caution is wise.” So it sounds like you are in favor of businesses opening up internet access to people while they’re at work; true or false?
True,...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching:... →
Last post I told you about a new Twitter account I’d be setting up for Say “Alaka‘i.” As popular as Twitter has become, I knew that it might be a stretch for many managers and leaders, but I decided to try anyway. If there is one thing I will not allow myself to do, it’s underestimate you and what you are capable of.
When they first heard about it, there were a few managers already in my personal...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching:... →
How about joining me in a Twitter experiment @sayalakai? For those of you already familiar with Twitter, it’s a brand new account I have started, separate from the one you see in the right column of the Say “Alaka‘i” blog, which is my personal, everything account @rosasay.
I have become a big fan of the free micro-blogging service called Twitter for several different reasons…
Joyful Jubilant Learning: A Love Affair With Books... →
We who founded Joyful Jubilant Learning (there were 12 of us) shared some core values: You know them collectively as the joy of learning.
We also shared a certain love affair that is about to happily tumble into its 4th year of expression: We call it A Love Affair with Books. It’s our annual love-fest with reading, and a specific kind of reading. We faithfully, stubbornly, and passionately read...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Say... →
“Time flies when you’re having fun.”
Time flies when you feel super productive too. For me, time flies at the speed of sound when I’m writing… hear that rap tap tap of the keyboard? My son says I’m the noisiest typist on the planet… but I digress.
Here is the introduction to what I have posted over at my Say “Alaka‘i” blog this morning…
