Hawai‘i's Best Places to Work 2020
Companies are constantly innovating in the modern world. Ironically, though, the guiding principles that make a Best Place to Work are timeless.
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Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Su Shin, President & GM, Hawaiian Telcom
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? Keeping connected is so important, especially in times of change and uncertainty, and we take our role as a provider of essential communications services seriously. Our employees know that our customers –…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Mike B. Pietsch, President & COO, Title Guaranty Hawaii
How are you coping amid COVID-19 crisis? We are coming up with new ways of safely meeting with clients to notarize documents. Since we do not have e-notary, we instituted a way of signing clients at their car if they…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Michele K. Saito, President and CEO, DTRIC Insurance Co. Ltd.
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? At DTRIC Insurance, we recognized early that we needed to play an important role in “flattening the curve” of the COVID-19 community spread. We proactively implemented preventive measures in the workplace as…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Meli James, Cofounder & President, Mana Up, and President, Hawaii Venture Capital Association
Have you found silver linings in these difficult times? Locally owned small businesses in Hawai‘i are being hit especially hard. A silver lining we found is our Mana Up ‘ohana and founders supporting each other. Now is the time to…
Small Business/Big Challenges: Janelle Bremer, CEO, Good Clean Food
How is Good Clean Food coping with the COVID-19 crisis? Our first concern has always been the safety of our employees and customers; our entire team is focused on staying up to date on, and enforcing, strict sanitation standards. At…
Small Business/Big Challenges: Kaleo Schneider, Director of Operations, Buzz's Original Steak House
How is Buzz's Original Steak House coping with the COVID-19 crisis? We take things day by day at our restaurant. Health and safety are first and foremost on our minds. Keeping moral up is probably the biggest challenge we face…
Opinion: Locals Are the Biggest Threat to Our Environment, Not Tourists
Submitted by Marie Turner When I saw the cover to the February issue, I laughed out loud. (Should Tourists Be Asked to Sign a Pledge?) Are you kidding? I don’t know what fantasy island you are living on but it’s…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Lisa A. Daijo, Owner, Express Employment Professionals
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? We are coping well by implementing several initiatives to ensure our continued service to our associates and clients. Also, by focusing on what we “can” do has allowed us to remain open…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Chason Ishii, President, Atlas Insurance Agency
How is your company coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? COVID-19 is a very unexpected world situation. We are extremely proud of our Atlas team and the flexibility they have demonstrated. It’s because of their agility in this unique situation that…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Kent Untermann, President, The Art Source
Did your business continuity plan work or were there surprises? There is NO planning for an event of this magnitude. There is no continuity, there is no governmental plan and therefore we have to literally over communicate on a daily…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: John Leong, CEO, KUPU
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? This crisis is a call for us to come together and to strengthen our resolve to show Aloha through action. It is a call for us to step up, if we are…