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Aloha! Talking Story is the blog written by
Sense of WorkPlace coach and Alaka‘i Managers’ advocate Rosa Say. I am the author of Managing with Aloha and the founder of Say Leadership Coaching. You can expect to read articles here about values, about managing and leading as verbs, and about “talking story” as the conversational culture of dynamic workplaces.
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To hire Rosa: Visit www.RosaSay.com, hub for my three businesses: Say Leadership Coaching, the Managing with Aloha Workplace Aloha School (aka Teaching with Aloha), and Ho‘ohana Publishing (aka Writing with Aloha).

My Blogging Calendar: I’ll update at least twice a week, sometimes more, with Mondays dedicated to Managing with Aloha. Will stay on-point weekdays, and anything goes on the weekends— we explore as life happens, or I quiet down and refresh so you can too :)

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Specially designed for Talking Story readers:
1. A Link Index to our Hawaiian Glossary
2. Learning Managing with Aloha with the 9 Key Concepts
3. The Daily 5 Minutes: Your Talking Story Resource Page.

Our next Ruzuku Challenge (my virtual coaching) will be scheduled in summer 2010: Watch this space for the announcement!
Lessons we learned last time...

Our Ho‘ohana is how we Work with Aloha:
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1. Take 5 in 2010: A Game-Changing Ho‘ohana
2. For 2010, with Aloha
3. Reduce your Leadership to a Part-time Gig in 2010
4. Ready? Become an Alaka‘i Manager in 5 Weeks!
5. Imagine having a Thought Kit

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A Sense of Workplace Call to Action

“Every single day, somewhere in the world, Aloha comes to life. As it lives and breathes within us, it defines the epitome of sincere, gracious, and intuitively perfect customer service given from one person to another.”
~ Rosa Say

This genuine connection is the Aloha Spirit Hawai‘i is known for thriving within. Book Preview:
The Core 21 Beliefs of Managing with Aloha

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Here are links to the MWA values-based writing I have done here on Talking Story. The numbers correlate to the chapters of the book:

1-Aloha—unconditional love of self and others

2-Ho‘ohana—the value of intentional work

3-‘Imi ola—to seek best life, proactive destiny

4-Ho‘omau—perseverance, tenacity, resilience

5-Kūlia I ka nu‘u—achievement, striving for excellence

6-Ho‘okipa—the hospitality of complete giving

7-‘Ohana—family as a human circle of Aloha

8-Lōkahi—the value of teamwork. Collaboration

9-Kākou—inclusiveness and ‘the language of we’

10-Kuleana—one’s sense of responsibility and accountability

11-‘Ike loa—to seek learning, wisdom and mastery

12-Ha‘aha‘a—the value of humility

13-Ho‘ohanohano—the value of respect and dignity

14-Alaka’i—the value of leadership

15-Mālama—caring, compassion, stewardship

16-Mahalo—‘thank you’ as a way of living

17-Nānā i ke kumu—source, spirit, personal truth

18-Pono—rightness and balance, ethical harmony

19-Ka lā hiki ola—promise of the new day, hope

The publishing of Managing with Aloha in 2004 marked the beginning of a movement. To get involved with us you simply commit to learning more about the values of Aloha: Click the badge below for an overview. You can skim the feeds which follow for site updates in other places on the web I publish my finds and values-based writing.

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