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Money Can’t Buy Trust

by Cindy Sakai

Money Can’t Buy Trust By Cindy Sakai & Sarah Kalicki-Nakamura “Trust is the essence of leadership.” That’s what former US Secretary of State Colin Powell once said and, in Hawaii, this statement has never been truer. Facing a tough economic climate and a limited supply of local customers and employees, organizations rely on repeat business [...]

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Squeezing an Elephant into a Volkswagen Bug

by Cindy Sakai

It’s a new year!  Are you charged up with aspirations to take on the world?  Okay, maybe not the world but I’m sure you have a bucket list of all the things you want to accomplish this year, or perhaps do better.  I know I do. Just yesterday, as I maneuvered through a sea of [...]

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Taking the Fear Out of Feedback

by Cindy Sakai

Solutions to Making Giving & Receiving Feedback Something to Be Grateful For Do you find giving negative feedback a terrifying thing to do? Does it make you want to run and hide? Are you interested in helping people realize that it’s something to be grateful for? If you said yes to any of these questions, [...]

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Could Dream Coaching Boost Employee Engagement?

by Cindy Sakai

Could Dream Coaching Boost Employee Engagement? Author: Cindy Sakai, TH!NK, LLC What is dream coaching and what does it have to do with employee engagement? First of all, dream coaching is not about interpreting the scary dream you had last night, but rather it is the newest trend in helping organizations retain it’s top talent.  [...]

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What We Can Learn From the Chilean Miners

by Cindy Sakai

By Cindy Sakai & Sarah Kalicki-Nakamura Number 26, 27, 28…Chilean Miner #28, Richard Villarroel, just got rescued! The Chilean Miner rescue and survival story is no doubt one of the most memorable stories of the year. As each miner is pulled up, we get a glimpse into their personal story and the role they played [...]

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Adult Learning in the Workplace

by Cindy Sakai

By Contributing Author:  Dr. Eileen Godinez As the United States faces a dramatic shortage in the number of skilled workers, organizations are spending billions of dollars to secure a competitive advantage through training and development programs [1]. Creating a learning culture is an imperative in today’s economy; however, organizations continuously struggle with achieving such a [...]

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Learning is More Than Sitting in a Classroom

by Cindy Sakai

What Organizations Can Do to Create a Comprehensive Workplace Learning Approach Contributing Author: Eileen Godinez As technology advances, competition is globalized, and societal behavior and needs change, organizations must develop the internal capability to keep up or be left behind. How organizations build and sustain a learning environment that encourages and promotes the continuous updating [...]

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