Legacy

Legacy is something passed on from one generation to another. It could be parent to child or in business succession between one leader to another. Legacies are built, they don't just happen.

Make sure you are building a good legacy that will last for generations.

Vendor Gold Standard Story

I have had many IT vendor partners over the years. I always shared this story with them as the Gold standard of vendor relationships, credibility, trust, and partnership. Partners work together to overcome problems and find solutions. Hopefully, the solutions are win-win, but sometimes they are not. A trusted partner manages the tough times as an aberration to the relationship and works through the circumstances with the long-term view in mind.

Michael Morris

Nov 127 min read

Vendor management is all about relationship, credibility, and trust. This is a story about a new vendor partner that became the Gold Standard in partnership.

Turning Lemons Into Lemonade

What I discovered though was this this phase of my career became the most fulfilling of my career. Politically, I could be as outspoken as I desired. but the most fulfilling part of this phase of my journey was the ability to play forward some of my experience and wisdom to more junior employees who were in the initial stages of their careers. There were all sorts of opportunities to play it forward.

Michael Morris

Oct 14 min read

Sometimes we need to learn to make lemonade from the lemons we are dealt.

Standing In The Gap

We forgive others because God forgave us. It is not because we deserved or earned forgiveness. When we do not forgive, we are playing God with others. To become the man God intended me to be, I need to be able to forgive others unconditionally, the way that God has forgiven me. Forgiveness is paramount for us to heal on the inside.

Michael Morris

Sep 175 min read

I was immediately reminded of Ezekel 22:30 “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”

Building A Career Toolkit

We all sometimes must do menial task level things that are not our preference. However, they need to be done. What we get out of those tasks depends on our attitudes as we approach them. We need to look at them as developing or practicing skills that may be valuable later or even tasks that allow you to be more empathetic towards people that perform those tasks regularly.

Michael Morris

Aug 275 min read

Careers are journeys that last a lifetime ---- with the same or different employers, but lifetime journeys, nonetheless. Every task can be perceived as adding or enhancing a tool in our toolkit that will help us in whatever comes later in our career.

Blackballed For Doing The Right Thing

Sometimes we must take risks and do things that we know may have unpleasant consequences. That may involve being blackballed for doing the right thing. However, at the end of the day, we really need to hold true to ourselves and to the things we believe or know to be right despite the consequences.

Michael Morris

Aug 216 min read

Have you ever suffered negative consequences for doing the right thing? Today’s story involves a time when I knew that I had to do the right thing, but at a huge personal and professional risk.

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