Hawaii...the state of perpetual sunshine. Islands of pure white sand, ocean waves that roll into the beach with a soothing melody designed by a greater power than ours.

Imagine living and working in Hawaii. Imagine the peace of living and working in an atmosphere of Aloha!

Rosa Say, a native of the "big island of Hawai'i" tells you how to accomplish this feat...no matter where you are...in her book, Managing with Aloha. (Ho'ohana Publishing 2004).

While not yet in Amazon's database, it's a sure bet that leadership coach Rosa Say's book, Managing with Aloha, will appear there in early 2005-- just in time for serious business owners to snatch it up and learn how to manage not only their business, but their lives, with Aloha.

2005 is the year to listen to some good island music, read Rosa's book, and get with the action.

Managing with Aloha speaks a different language than we're used to. It speaks in words that translate into value-propositions. In a business world where pundits and journalists are all trying to keep up with each other by peppering their work with the latest buzz word or phrase, Rosa veers to the left (or right, depending on how you want to look at it) by suggesting we get back to the values this country was founded on; values inherent in how we treat each other, person to person, not boss to employee.

She explains that Aloha is more than a greeting. It's an expression of "unconditional love, the outpouring and receiving of the spirit."

If we all greeted the day, and each other, with "Aloha," I suspect we could turn the business world upsidedown! No, 'Howareya"s, no, "Wassup?"s, just open, honest, love and respect. The mind boggles.

But Rosa doesn't stop there. In Managing with Aloha, she instructs us on 18 Hawaiian values that have helped her achieve success not only as a business manager of several large hotels on the island of Hawai'i, but also in her coaching business, Say Leadership Coaching. In a fascinating 239 pages, we learn not only a new language--the language of the islands--but a whole new outlook on life.