Integrating culture into every solution
We are KĀnaka-Led,
Rooted in HAWAIIAN VALUES
At HSS, our foundation is grounded in Hawaiian culture and practices. Through our network of cultural practitioner partners, we offer consulting and HR support through a Native Hawaiian lens. While we uphold standard HR practices, we uniquely approach challenges and opportunities guided by Hawaiian values and perspectives.
SERVICES WE OFFER:
Blessings
Land Acknowledgements
Ho‘oponopono (Conflict Resolution and Restoration)
Protocol Workshops
These interactive workshops integrate Hawaiian protocol into organizational culture and employee relations. Tailored for HR teams and leadership, they strengthen workplace harmony, promote respectful engagement, and support culturally aligned onboarding, leadership development, and conflict resolution practices.
MEET OUR CULTURAL ADVISORS
HINALEIMOANA WONG-KALU
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu is a Kanaka Maoli teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader. Born in the Nu‘uanu District of O‘ahu, Kumu Hina was educated at Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawai‘i. She was a founding member of Kulia Na Mamo, a community organization established to improve the quality of life for māhū wahine (transgender women), and served for 13 years as the Director of Culture at a Honolulu public charter school dedicated to using native Hawaiian culture, history, and education as tools for developing and empowering the next generation of warrior scholars.
MEHANAOKALĀ HIND
Mehana is a graduate of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a Bachelors Degree in Conflict Resolution and a Masters Degree in Hawaiian Studies. In her early years, she worked in youth education as program coordinator for Nā Pua No‘eau – Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children. She also was a research consultant in Papakū Makawalu at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation, under the direction of Dr. Pualani Kanahele Kanaka‘ole. Most of her career was spent in higher education in the University of Hawai‘i system where she was the Academic Advisor and then Lecturer at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies and an Instructor of Hawaiian Studies at Windward Community College.
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