Remember this? “Whether you call it an update or a change, when things get slightly different we have to adjust our weekly working rhythms as we nalu it (go with the flow).”
Hopefully, Lōkahi has had an effect on you and your team this month as a value that got “slightly different.” How did you adjust your weekly working rhythms?
“… the 7-day week has its own timeless, universal rhythm, and syncopation is the way to go! During [our] Weekly Reviews [our] past week is evaluated, and the next one is proactively planned for, so [we] can make progress which is coupled with new lessons-learned.”
— Managing with Aloha Coaching in A 5-Beat Rhythm
In other words, how will you continue to make Lōkahi your habit?
If you have not yet done so, it is time to debrief your month, for Monday will be Ka lā hiki ola, the dawning of a new day. It will be October 1: New month, new value (Kākou is next), fresh start at Beat 1.
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Managing with Aloha: Self-Coaching in a 5-beat Rhythm ~ ~ ~ BEAT 1. We start with an essay on the value of the month. That first time you read it, take some time to write down two things: 1) Your questions, and 2) Your intention in learning more about the value. BEAT 2. Read what is posted here at MWAC during the month specifically looking for the answers to your questions, and help with your intentions. BEAT 3. Sunday Mālama gives you different options. Our weekend departures are for reflections of self-care. BEAT 4. Capture your learning. Connect your value learning to a set of specific weekly actions that are most relevant to your own situation. BEAT 5. Manage well! Great managers create their future, and they don’t settle, or wait for things to just happen to them. Self-coach going forward by writing down the action steps of your future follow-through. |
Use these final days of September for your decisions between Beats 4 and 5: What did you choose to work on?
Will it be a Weekly Rhythm for you (Beat 4) or Project Work (Beat 5) you will schedule and dedicate future blocks of time for, in proactive initiatives that will create ‘Imi ola (your best possible future)?
Here is the full listing of your Lōkahi possibilities in working with aloha within your Greatest Team. This is NOT a scramble to catch up with them all.
Zero in and Focus.
Choose for maximum impact.
Streamline. Don’t add to your work-load: Replace poor habits with better ones. (Learn the ‘Ōpala ‘ole Rule)
Choose for your Ho‘ohana, the passionate, purposeful work you thrive on doing.
September 2007 ~ Value theme: Lōkahi. Collaboration and cooperation. Harmony and unity.
- Lōkahi and Your Greatest Team
Has there been a change in your team? Any subtle shifts you can attribute to your intentions with Lōkahi? - Sunday Mālama: Sept2'07 Ho‘olōkahi and Rethinking our Agreements
Taking weekly inventory of any new agreements you have made with others is a terrific add to Beat 4 and your Weekly Review! - Labor Day: Celebrate your Work and some old fashioned Values
This is a good companion to post 15 about articulating values: It will give you a reference of more choices. - Hiring? Here’s a Better Classified Ad and a 5-Point Strategy
What can you use from this one in team assignment and task force selection? This is not just a strategy for new hires! - Sunday Mālama: Sept9'07 Three Authors on Agreements: Stephen Covey, David Allen, and Don Miguel Ruiz
Companion post to number 2 which can help you in your Focus and efforts to Streamline. - Lōkahi Coaching: Exactly what IS a Great Team Player?
Think of this one as a companion to number 4 on hiring strategies. - There most certainly IS an I in Team!
And there are two I’s in Winning! Did you catch what Herman Najoli added for us in the comments? - The power of questioning: Ask “Why?” Five Times
This posting offered 5 why questions to stir some thoughts up once you have a particular work function come to mind for further exploration and innovation: Perfect for Beat 5! - Sunday Mālama: Sept16'07 The exceptional training called Parenting
This was initially intended for some light-hearted fun, but each time I read it there are more and more parallels for our current teamwork. - Lōkahi Teams: Just how personal should they be?
Have you answered these questions yet? When it comes to the team you work with most, just how personal do you feel it should be? If you have a team you feel works well with a pretty high degree of getting personal, how did it happen, and how do all of you keep things comfortable for everyone? - Lōkahi Teams: When they are Virtual and Voluntary
She did not know it at the time, but Joanna Young gave us a great preview for next month with her thoughts on the language of collaboration. Take a look at her checklist in the comments, and I’ll bet you get an assortment of quick action steps you can think about in your own team dynamics. - Lōkahi Teams: When can a manager step away?
Are you managing a team? Can you step away yet and start to quietly prepare for your next turn leading? Do you know what indicators you have to look for? - Sunday Mālama: Sept23'07 Newly Thinking About Loyalty
This posting may give you pause to think about how you can get the customer on your team... - More on Values: They aren’t about Compliance
This one gave ME pause in thinking about the values of our virtual team on Joyful Jubilant Learning - there can be a lot of peer pressure there because it is such a large team. - Lōkahi Teams: The ties that bind are your shared values
My last post told the story of how we articulated the values of the Alaka‘i Nalu. Are your team values crystal clear, or would a series of meetings like those we held be a good idea for you too? Beat 5.
Postscript:
If you are just now joining us, I recommend you leave Lōkahi be for now, and get a jump on next month. Start your reading here: The How-To of Managing with Aloha Coaching, and then design a note-taking template you can use in the coming month with Kākou, for Managing with Aloha Coaching in A 5-Beat Rhythm.
If you have more time over the weekend, I would highly recommend a mini productivity study at ‘Ōpala ‘ole: De-cluttering Work Processes.
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