Notes from Hawaii: Setting the Stage to Deliver Results

Marv Weidner, founder and CEO of Weidner Inc., sends word from Hawaii that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs continues its strong moves to transform its organization to Manage for Results:

"On Wednesday, Dec. 9, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Haunani Apoliona, gave the annual “State of OHA” address at St. Andrew’s Cathedral here to an invited audience of more than 300 Native Hawaiian community leaders and other friends of the organization. Marty [Weidner, co-founder and Senior VP] and I are here working with OHA leadership and felt fortunate to be a part of this event.

"A centerpiece of the address was OHA’s extraordinary work to use Strategic Business Planning and Managing For Results to give direction to the future and achieve results for Native Hawaiians. OHA is changing its structure from a topic-based organization, e.g. health, to a functionally organized agency with four Lines of Business: Resource Management, Community Relations, Research, and Advocacy.

"OHA is using its Strategic Plan to fully focus all of its resources on measurable results for Native Hawaiians. We had goose bumps sitting among the members of the community and hearing the Chair’s very public commitment to the Strategic Plan and Managing for Results."

You can read a PDF of the Chair's "State of OHA" speech here.

There's a video available of the speech that you can view here.

Local newspapers covered the event as well. You can see the coverage by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin here and by the Honolulu Advertiser here.