Aloha, and thank you for clicking in to Talking Story.
As I write this I am beginning the first day of my Ho‘omaha, an annual sabbatical that I, and those in my ‘Ohana in Business take to reflect on the past year, and prepare in the best possible way (‘Imi ola) for the next one. We “nalu it,” that is, we succumb to the flow of the season, blending our business lives with our personal lives, and taking the time to savor the wonder and the joy of the holidays with family and friends.
We will return in mid-January to celebrate Kalā hiki ola with you. Kalā hiki ola translates to ‘the dawning of a new day’ and it is the Hawaiian value we associate with Makahiki, the New Year.
Since the web never sleeps, we keep the light on here at the Talking Story lanai for you. Therefore, since 2004 it has become my fortune-kissed habit to end my blogging year on Talking Story with two postings, each intended to have visitors both returning and newly arrived feel embraced by the mission of Managing with Aloha and the abundant warmth of the Ho‘ohana Community.
So pull up a chair and get comfortable; I am glad you are here.
Hō‘ike‘ike 2006
The post before this one is our annual Hō‘ike‘ike, the Hawaiian word I have chosen for a blog carnival of postings which feature many of the bloggers of Talking Story’s Ho‘ohana Community. They are asked to contribute a post they feel is one of the best they had written over the past year on managing or leading, for the mission of Managing with Aloha is to bring Aloha to workplaces everywhere through the working arts of management and leadership.
When you click to Hō‘ike‘ike twenty-seven links await you (double that with our authors’ home pages); it is a treasure. It is the tenth forum I have done on Talking Story because I so strongly believe in its value; one of the final articles I had written for 2006 was for Joyful Jubilant Learning which shares more about my belief: Learning Through Blog Forums.
Ho‘omaha 2006
This posting features The Best of Talking Story over the past year. In 2006 I had deliberately decided to ‘have less be more’ and post less often, aiming to give you higher quality per article, and tightening our focus on the month’s Ho‘ohana theme. Still, the momentum-building receptivity of this wonderful community ended up in exactly 200 more articles for our archives.
I arrive at this compilation by community choice, not mine, and two Talking Story features always grab the top spots as runaway winners; our monthly Ho‘ohana essays and our forums. So this year, I decided to separate them out, and they both are listed in their own index at the end of the year’s bests. Mahalo nui to Dwayne Melancon for the Talking Story gift card he created for my photo image!
Enjoy your reading. It is my genuine wish that what you experience here will be counted among your blessings this holiday season, and until we arrive here together again in January, I send you my warmest aloha.
Rosa Say
These are listed in chronological order, as they appeared on these pages from January through December of 2006;
- Ho‘omau and Your Language of Intention
- Ho‘omau; Reveal Strengths and Talents
- Aloha and Your Thought’s Fingerprints
- Catch a Rising Star—yours
- Follow up! It’s Not What You Say” It’s What You Do
- Read Short and Deep
- On the KÅ«lia i ka nu‘u warpath: The Compensation Enemy
- From Wordsmithing to Walking the Talk of Great Leadership
- Adding Value to Performance Reviews
- Variables of the Monday or Friday Decision
- To Show You Care, Show Your Respect
- Coffee, Ho‘ohana, and Syncopated Rhythm
- The Effect of a Leader, Starbucks Style
- Got a job to fill? Tell it like it is
- The Reinvention of Human Resources
- A Great List Every Child Should Have
- Joy at Work; There’s something in it for all of us
- Red, White and Blue Virtues
- The Trend of Leader Led Learning
- The Generosity of Listening
- Ask “Why?” Five Times
- Disciplined Goals versus BHAGs
- Thriving in a Structured Life
- Learning Needs A Cool Factor
- The “Good Fat” in MWA Businesses
- Read with the Intent to Learn: Milk It
- Comfy with My-Tech GTD
- Correcting Behavior, Preserving Self Esteem
- They are “Visitor Demons” NOT “Inner Demons”
- An Author’s Perfect Gift
These were our Forums for Talking Story in 2006, and to my great delight, they culminated with a brand new blog home for the Ho‘ohana Community called Joyful Jubilant Learning.com.
February: Our Second Annual Love Affair with Books
May: Reinventions at Work and in Business
September: Joyful Jubilant Learning 2006: 120 Ways and Counting
For your convenience, an index to our Ho‘ohana Essays of 2006:
- January: Ho‘omau; Cause the Good to Last
- February: Aloha; The Intent of Great Managers
- March: KÅ«lia i ka nu‘u! The Best We Can Be
- April: Mālama; What is Caring in business and at work?
- May: Lōkahi; How Managers Affect Teams
- June: Le‘ale‘a — Let’s Play!
- July: Lokomaika‘i, Giving and Generosity
- August: ‘Imi ola, Form and Function
- September: LEARNING, A Place of Knowing and of Practiced Believing
- October: Nalu it! Go With the Flow.
- November: When Parenting Works
- December: Nānā i ke kumu, Look to Your Source