Reputation Excellence: Creating, preserving and advancing coporate reputations http://blog.morrisseyco.com/ Futurists know that change does not take place in linear fashion. Rather, change occurs more at an exponential rate. In a process, the innocent mistake made early on affects many future steps unless the mistake is immediately detected and corrected. On the positive side, it's kind of like the wise savings tool of compound interest: your nest egg grows collecting interest on the interest. A pos... Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:57:53 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=312 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=312 The approaching school year has parents of nursery school children on edge. What if my child doesn't fit in or can't make friends--they worry. The lessons of the sandbox stay with us throughout our lives and we learn valuable negotiating and persuasion techniques in the give and take of these formative years from birth to kindergarten. How much is natural and how much of lessons in leadership, fr... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:48:24 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=310 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=310 With a headline reminiscent of the zany irreverence of the publication The Onion, I wish to remind us that summer is at risk of running out of fun. Yesterday I was contacted by a reporter from a local news station to comment on the reputation issues now confronting an acquitted Florida murder defendant. The trial had captured the attention of millions who were apparently transfixed with this stra... Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:29:22 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=309 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=309 The amount of buzz and media attention paid to the apprehension of Whitey Bulger, the Boston hoodlum who manipulated the FBI and others for years in order to keep up a robust spree of alleged criminal activity, borders on the incredulous. To put things into perspective, Bulger has dominated national media attention from the day rumors of his apprehension hit the local media. He had been on the lam... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:03:26 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=308 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=308 A person's reputation precedes them. Good or bad, you cannot escape your past -- particularly your recent past. Witness the reputation downfalls of people like former International Monetary Fund (IMF) President Dominique Strauss-Kahn, golfing great Tiger Woods and media mogul and homemaker extraordinaire Martha Stewart. These could serve as case studies in reputation self-destruction. (Happily, ... Thu, 26 May 2011 11:38:03 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=306 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=306 Some American groupies, and many around the globe who worship celebrity, are enraptured at the thought of a royal wedding. Despite the fact that these overblown royal matchups can never possibly live up to their hype, billions will likely tune into the festivities online and on television. This will be the first royal wedding covered by social media, and the Internet will be atwitter with news of... Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:38:59 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=303 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=303 The theory goes that once citizens become public figures they give up their right to privacy. This theory hinges on the thought that transparency and candor always supersede secrecy, but is an elected official able to have a parallel or compartmentalized life while in office? Certainly an elected official must answer to the public whom they serve, but are there circumstances when this should not a... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:59:43 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=302 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=302 One standard for identifying a person of good character (and company you want to associate with) would be any person you would feel comfortable introducing to your mother. I can recall funny moments when my sisters would bring home their first dates. I pitied that person. They had to run the gauntlet of opinions of my two brothers (and the other four sisters) before they even got to my parents. T... Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:21:18 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=300 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=300 Nobody is infallible, not even the "Sage of Omaha" -- Warren Buffet. With recent charges of insider trading swirling around Berkshire Hathaway and the resignation of David Sokol, a key executive, Buffet's platinum reputation was put at risk. Buffet once said "We can afford to lose money -- even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation -- even a shred of reputation." Surprisingly wh... Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:17:26 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=299 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=299 The philosopher Plato and the Roman poet Juvenal can each claim the same quote or a version of "Who will guard the guards themselves?" Whoever the author (though this is certainly a truthful attribution and claim of authorship matter), the point is that at the end of the day, the truth needs to be supported by facts. It must be accurate with both attribution and corroboration. Truth needs to s... Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:12:28 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=298 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=298 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:34:38 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=294 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=294 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:06:49 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=293 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=293 Now that the final clash of the professional football season looms near on Super Sunday, it might be a good moment to pause and think about the game and the repercussions of concussions in America's national sport. This may be the last Super Sunday as we know it. The game has become too violent and the carnage too great to continue under the current rules. A looming players strike may be as much a... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:43:49 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=292 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=292 I'm constantly amazed at what occupies our leaders, legislators and media minds as we embark on another year. As a first order of business, our President chose to wade in on matter of whether football prodigy Michael Vick was worthy of a second chance. Allow me to answer this question. I asked my 16 year-old Jack Russell Terrier and he pondered this challenging ethical subject. His answer was sim... Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:27:21 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=291 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=291 Two historic events occurred in our nation's history that warrant further reflection during the month of December. The first is the tragedy of Pearl Harbor, which we celebrated this week with Remembrance Day. Our nation ultimately rose from the shock and sadness of the death of so many so young people in the early hours, days and weeks of World War II to ultimate victory for freedom and democrac... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:13:15 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=290 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=290 New England college campuses come to life this time of year, as students move from outside activities to indoor sports. Before the long winter of hibernating dormitory life sets in, a major entertainment for student population takes place in ice skating rinks and arenas throughout the region. There is a rhythm to the seasons as football has ended and the faster sports of basketball and hockey rek... Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:47:49 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=289 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=289 If you have ever been aboard a US Navy Aircraft Carrier underway at sea, you have a vivid picture of one awesome display of power and might. These ships are floating cities with thousands of personnel on board. Carriers and the mini armadas that accompany them are armed to the teeth with the latest arsenal of armaments to deter and if necessary, vanquish. A carrier's mission is to go wherever th... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:45:52 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=288 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=288 Marketing executives have difficult jobs these days. No longer do they just sell products, but they need to develop dialogues and lasting relationships with their customers. Building customer intimacy can be an obsession with leading marketing-centric companies. They want to know all they can about the customer and the customer wants to know all about them--often times well beyond the scope of the... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:03:48 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=287 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=287 As kids, our Little League baseball team benefitted from the largess of the local hardware store owner. He picked up the tab for our uniforms and asked for nothing in return, not even his store's name on the back of our jerseys. But everyone knew that it was through his generosity and kindness that we had uniforms on our backs. Out of respect for such selfless behavior I don't mention his name h... Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:04:16 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=286 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=286 New York City's ever changing river of people of all shapes, sizes, age and ethnicity make it a wonderful lab for observing human behavior. Just stand on the sidewalk and take in the sights, smells and sounds of one of the world's mega-cities. Most passersby have on their game faces-studied and determined. New York is a tough place-but even still, there were smiling faces in the crowds and people ... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:19:46 CST http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=284 http://blog.morrisseyco.com/index.asp?blogid=284