Comments on: Create a connection at work: writing with ‘Ohana http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/ The art of writing, for non writers Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: 5 Ways To Put Some Heart Into Your Business Writing | Confident Writing http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-3126 5 Ways To Put Some Heart Into Your Business Writing | Confident Writing Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:04:57 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-3126 [...] Create A Connection At Work: Writing With ‘Ohana [...] [...] Create A Connection At Work: Writing With ‘Ohana [...]

]]> By: Managing with Aloha Coaching http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-356 Managing with Aloha Coaching Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:16:40 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-356 <strong>Hau‘oli la hanau to Joanna Young!</strong> Surely you know Joanna by now too: She is the personification of our Ho‘ohana Community in Scotland! Today is her birthday. Because of Joanna, I can now spell Edinburgh right the first time, without checking, and knowing that she is Hau‘oli la hanau to Joanna Young!

Surely you know Joanna by now too: She is the personification of our Ho‘ohana Community in Scotland! Today is her birthday. Because of Joanna, I can now spell Edinburgh right the first time, without checking, and knowing that she is

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-354 Joanna Young Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:19:07 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-354 Rosa, thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I have to confess that focus is not something I've been that good at in recent years - but writing more (and more) is helping me to achieve that, to crystallise what I want to say (learn, do), to edit out the words that are just so much noise. Oh and I'm lucky enough to have a virtual coach who teaches me about the benefits of writing with purpose and intention :-) Joanna Rosa, thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I have to confess that focus is not something I’ve been that good at in recent years – but writing more (and more) is helping me to achieve that, to crystallise what I want to say (learn, do), to edit out the words that are just so much noise.

Oh and I’m lucky enough to have a virtual coach who teaches me about the benefits of writing with purpose and intention :-)

Joanna

]]> By: Rosa Say http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-353 Rosa Say Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:10:41 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-353 Joanna, I truly love your focus and approach. So many of my clients (managers … there is some irony in what the profession is called!) are overwhelmed because they become so scattered in trying to do too much. They admit to being lousy finishers because they are more enthusiastic as starters, and so the first work we do together is to stem the flow of starts so that those choices are better ones. We work to somehow connect their new starts to another process that hasn’t yet been finished, so that both race toward a finish together. This is something that is an intuitive strength of yours, and I marvel at your talent – and passion, with bringing everything back to the art of good writing. It is such a joy to be a reader and learn from you. Joanna, I truly love your focus and approach. So many of my clients (managers … there is some irony in what the profession is called!) are overwhelmed because they become so scattered in trying to do too much. They admit to being lousy finishers because they are more enthusiastic as starters, and so the first work we do together is to stem the flow of starts so that those choices are better ones. We work to somehow connect their new starts to another process that hasn’t yet been finished, so that both race toward a finish together. This is something that is an intuitive strength of yours, and I marvel at your talent – and passion, with bringing everything back to the art of good writing. It is such a joy to be a reader and learn from you.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-352 Joanna Young Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:20:30 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-352 Hi Rosa, I'm glad you enjoyed the article. I find the whole business of the way we write at work fascinating, as we spend a lot of time doing it and don't always think that hard about the language we use, the style and tone, the impact that our words will have, and what a difference we can all make to the experience of life at work by breathing a different set of values and intention into our words. What better way to explore this than through your own work on managing with aloha? I have found the intention to write a piece on 'what does this month's theme mean for our writing' a useful focus for my reading and learning during the month - and writing about it at the end helps me to reflect and share what I've learnt. I'm looking forward to doing the exercise again with Lokahi. Joanna Hi Rosa, I’m glad you enjoyed the article.

I find the whole business of the way we write at work fascinating, as we spend a lot of time doing it and don’t always think that hard about the language we use, the style and tone, the impact that our words will have, and what a difference we can all make to the experience of life at work by breathing a different set of values and intention into our words.

What better way to explore this than through your own work on managing with aloha?

I have found the intention to write a piece on ‘what does this month’s theme mean for our writing’ a useful focus for my reading and learning during the month – and writing about it at the end helps me to reflect and share what I’ve learnt. I’m looking forward to doing the exercise again with Lokahi.

Joanna

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-351 Joanna Young Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:07:01 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-351 Jeanne, many thanks, and a belated happy blog day to you and other readers! I've had my hands full of removal crates all week helping my parents move house, so my intended post to celebrate blog day failed to materialise... I'll enjoy reading the links suggested by other people though :-) Joanna Jeanne, many thanks, and a belated happy blog day to you and other readers! I’ve had my hands full of removal crates all week helping my parents move house, so my intended post to celebrate blog day failed to materialise… I’ll enjoy reading the links suggested by other people though :-)

Joanna

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-350 Jeanne Dininni Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:06:10 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-350 Joanna, Just wanted to let you know that I've nominated Confident Writing as one of my five recommended new blogs for Blog Day 2007. You can read my post at <a href="http://www.writersnotes.net/blog-day-2007-a-celebration-of-new-blogs-everywhere/." rel="nofollow">http://www.writersnotes.net/blog-day-2007-a-celebration-of-new-blogs-everywhere/.</a> Cheers! Jeanne Joanna,

Just wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated Confident Writing as one of my five recommended new blogs for Blog Day 2007. You can read my post at http://www.writersnotes.net/blog-day-2007-a-celebration-of-new-blogs-everywhere/.

Cheers!
Jeanne

]]> By: Managing with Aloha Coaching http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-355 Managing with Aloha Coaching Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:00:09 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-355 <strong>Managing with Aloha Coaching in A 5-Beat Rhythm</strong> Managing with Aloha Coaching is one month old today! We are all sharing in the same birthday present: A 5-Beat Monthly Rhythm. Whether you call it an update or a change, when things get slightly different we have to adjust Managing with Aloha Coaching in A 5-Beat Rhythm

Managing with Aloha Coaching is one month old today! We are all sharing in the same birthday present: A 5-Beat Monthly Rhythm. Whether you call it an update or a change, when things get slightly different we have to adjust

]]> By: Rosa Say http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/create-a-connec/#comment-349 Rosa Say Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:57:10 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=155#comment-349 Joanna, you don’t struggle at all to do ‘Ohana justice! At least it doesn’t appear that way here! I often say that the world of business is my playground of choice, because I challenge those who have increased and ready access to the resources of business to make a difference in the world: the long-overdue, earth-preserving and lifestyle-shaping difference their leadership is sorely needed for. What you have so brilliantly illustrated here, from the viewpoint of just one value, and through your lens of writing intention, is why work and our “business concepts” are very personal and always will be, dipping into and affecting so much of the whole beings we are. Your bullet-pointed list is exceptional in suggesting practical applications in the writing connections we can all make to ‘Ohana. You are also eerily psychic, for my value for the month of September will be L?kahi, and in the coming month we will work together on the value of teamwork, powerful partnerships, and best possible collaboration. Your own theme of authenticity will connect with the discussion wonderfully: just wait and see :) Joanna, you don’t struggle at all to do ‘Ohana justice! At least it doesn’t appear that way here!

I often say that the world of business is my playground of choice, because I challenge those who have increased and ready access to the resources of business to make a difference in the world: the long-overdue, earth-preserving and lifestyle-shaping difference their leadership is sorely needed for. What you have so brilliantly illustrated here, from the viewpoint of just one value, and through your lens of writing intention, is why work and our “business concepts” are very personal and always will be, dipping into and affecting so much of the whole beings we are.

Your bullet-pointed list is exceptional in suggesting practical applications in the writing connections we can all make to ‘Ohana.

You are also eerily psychic, for my value for the month of September will be L?kahi, and in the coming month we will work together on the value of teamwork, powerful partnerships, and best possible collaboration. Your own theme of authenticity will connect with the discussion wonderfully: just wait and see :)

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