April 2009
25 posts
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching:... →
An open letter about my unplugging over the next month:
Aloha Kākou my friends,
Starting with this final day of April, I will be joyfully leaping into my palena ‘ole plans for the Summer of 2009, and they will be keeping me offline for a while. Remember palena ‘ole? It means ‘no limits.’
The next few weeks contain significant milestones for the Say ‘Ohana; both of my children will be...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Be a... →
My business has not quite reached that five-year mark, yet so much has changed since I was last in corporate life, one of many managers in a large organizational culture. I will often think about what I would do differently today if I still had any of my old managerial jobs. In short, a lot. I think – no, I am sure – I would do a lot differently.
Technology offers up a readily apparent reason,...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Our... →
Rapid Fire Learning (RFL) is our monthly stream-of-consciousness exercise at Joyful Jubilant Learning: We do it on the 25th of each month. Very simple thing, and pretty easy for people who think of themselves as lifelong learners (is the value of ‘Ike loa a biggie with you?). To practice RFL…
Say “Alaka’i” » » Birthday Aloha, Hawaiian Style →
One of the very best things about having a job in Hawai‘i – any job, paid or unpaid – is that we like making a big deal out of people’s birthdays. Hawai‘i workplaces do birthdays with true Hawaiian style flair and celebration. There are leis, long lunches, shakas and smiles, and of course cake laden with candles; we have ice cream of every tropical flavor imaginable. Most of all, we have laughter...
Joyful Jubilant Learning: Learning to Love our... →
Today, April 23rd is my birthday. Hau‘oli la hanau – happy birthday to me!
If you would have imagined me writing that sentence about ten years ago, and described your imagining to me, I probably would have said something like, “Oh no, no no! What a completely un-humble, audacious and brave, but humility-stripped thing to do! Wish myself a happy birthday? And in public? Never.”
Might you feel...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: How do... →
Asked another way, How useful is your boss?
I had an interesting conversation with a young man yesterday about all the drama going on where he worked, because a bigwig manager from their regional office was coming for a visit, “unannounced, but of course we all know he’s coming.”
It is a scenario that is probably familiar to a lot of us, those hoops we all jump through to convince some higher-up...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Color... →
2009 is teaching us to be brave. We are finding we need to reinvent, and break out of any little boxes we may have put ourselves in.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot as I stretch and pull at my own business models (I have three of them going right now), and I realized something: For me to reinvent my models, I probably have to start with reinventing me first…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: You... →
We last spoke about when training sessions work and when they don’t. I ended “When Made to Stick Will” with three questions you could talk story about, either here with me and the rest of the Say “Alaka‘i” community, or in your own workplace. Two of those questions had the word ‘habit’ in them…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: When... →
To go the distance with great ideas, it’s not about the idea or even about the person communicating it. It’s about the people who need or want to do the transforming…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Can We... →
For Sunday Koa Kākou on Say “Alaka‘i” I am answering a reader question with another one…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Become... →
One of the self-coaching mantras I find managers in my coaching programs will quickly adopt is this one:
“We’re not command and control freaks; our deadlines do that for us.”
They adopt it for two reasons…
Joyful Jubilant Learning: A Love Affair with Books... →
What a marvelous run of book-minded learning we have had over these past thirty-eight days! Our love affair with books has deepened and intensified in the most satisfying way, wouldn’t you agree?
We are going to take a posting break today and tomorrow before we launch into our April theme, and so I thought I would offer you a final Index in Alphabetical Order by complete Book Title
Say “Alaka’i” » » Hiding from the Web is Foolish:... →
Today, a story I hope will be your call to action. You may find that you don’t need the advice I have here, but I’m betting you know someone who does, and I’m hoping you will share this…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Has... →
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: “I’d... →
The quote is from Sean Connery…
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Who... →
Was it you?
Last time (Writing is for thinking) I told you that I throw a lot of my journaling away. Once I’ve done the writing of process writing I am focused on the result, and I don’t need a lot of the deliberations that led up to it; I’ve moved on to now-get-it-done mode.
However there are other kinds of journaling I do keep, and one kind is idea capture. The ideas we come up with can turn...
Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching: Aloha... →
April is my birth month, and so over the years it has been full of wonder and joy for me…
Joyful Jubilant Learning: It’s a brand new month!... →
For those of you wondering about our April theme (and wanting some extra post-drafting time), this is what we have decided to do…
