Leadership

What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Our projects cover a wide geographic range, from Waikīkī and the Neighbor Islands to Asia. We were fortunately prepared to work remotely, but we had to fine tune those systems. Internally,…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. As of mid-June we have been able to return to normal operating hours at all of our branches on O‘ahu, Maui and the…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. Starting this week, six of our 15 staff will return to the office. They will be seated a minimum of…

These are tough times for working people. Please tell us how your members have been affected? The affiliate unions of the Hawai‘i AFL-CIO represent a broad and diverse universe of jobs in Hawai‘i. Hardest hit in our federation are employees…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. The financial events spurred by the coronavirus pandemic have put a spotlight on the importance for HawaiiUSA members to be…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. We have been assisting applicants and companies throughout the pandemic, but completely virtually. We had to remain open to help…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. Employees who can productively telework will continue to do so until at least Aug. 31, possibly longer. Our walk-in payment…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. Although our offices have been closed to the public, they’ve remained open throughout the crisis for a limited number of…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, warehouses or other physical locations. When the crisis began locally in March, our teams adapted quickly by implementing revised safety procedures – from temperature checks and…

HDT is an internet service provider. Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your office or other physical locations. Our office is open to our employees; however, it is their choice if they want to work…

Please describe how and when you are conducting the return to your offices or other physical locations. As essential workers, Integrated Security Technologies (IST) changed the way we did business on the first day of the “stay at home” order.…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. We launched Stage 1 of our re-opening on June 8. For Stage 1, we are still encouraging our staff to work from home…

What should Hawai‘i’s public health policy be for a return of tourists? While many businesses are looking forward to the phased re-opening of our local economy, introducing tourists back into Hawai‘i needs to be done carefully and with the proper…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. We plan to start with counter service, meaning “seat-yourself,” before resuming to full dining service. We don’t yet know how…

Interview with Linell Dilwith, Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area Superintendent, Hawai‘i Department of Education How did you lead through the transition and create a system that allowed students to continue learning? Communication and collaboration were critical in leading through the transition to…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. Buzz's Lanikai never closed completely but we rolled right into take out service on March 19. On June 5, we reopened…

What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Meeting our clients’ requirements for reopening their business. Each state has different guidelines under which stores must operate and be allowed to reopen. We have been creating new solutions to allow…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, and other physical locations. Ka Makana Ali‘i is home to several essential businesses so the center never stopped operating. Those that remained open included Hampton…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. We are taking an employee-centric and work function perspective that varies upon the department, job responsibilities and our employees’ emotional…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, warehouses or other physical locations. In March, we pivoted to an entirely digital sales experience that used tools such as Webex and Zoom combined with the…

What has been your latest pivot or innovation? Making people love meeting online more than in-person. The slides, the music, the behind-the-scenes tech crew switching cameras and muting/unmuting participants – meetings are no longer meetings. They are multimedia productions! My…

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. Following Mayor Caldwell’s order on May 28, we began a phased-in approach to returning to the office beginning June 5. After an initial…

What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? We provide health care coverage to more than 100,000 people in Hawai‘i, and partner with over 6,500 health care providers including hospitals and long-term care facilities across all the Islands. Even…