Sean McDonald's blog

Many of us pride ourselves on being reliable and a source of solutions. This essay supports our focus on delivering the desired results.

Where will the next leaders come from? Think about the talent around us and how we might think differently in answering this looming question.

It is a great time of year for believing. Believing is inspiring, empowering, magical. This was embodied by our friend and teammate, Rick Fredericks.

Given the work MOR does, my reflection often explores the connections between relationships and results. Two household names highlight this connection for me in Paul Revere and Rosa Parks.

We recently hosted panels where 23 CIOs shared their insights.  Here are  the six main themes we heard time and again throughout those remarks.

Forgiveness begins with awareness and acknowledgement of where we’ve been and evolves to our aim and action to advance toward the desired future.

This past summer, nearly 1,200 alumni from across MOR’s leadership development programs responded to our survey invitations and shared, amongst other things, how their MOR experiences have proven helpful during the pandemic and what they were prioritizing over the next six months.  Your feedback is a gift, and we thank everyone who took the time to respond.  At MOR, we are committed to supporting our alumni in your lifelong leadership journey.  The insight provided by this survey is enabling MOR to craft a variety of new and evolved solutions to help you best meet the challenges of these times.

As we begin the uncertainty of the fall semester, what can you do to give your team even a little more predictability and control?  What can you do to more fully show care for your team members who care so deeply for your institution?  In the words of Arthur Ashe, start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

How can each of us move the dial a bit on systematic racism?  Inspiration and lessons from changing the "whitelist" and "blacklist."

At MOR we believe Black lives matter.  We need leaders who can help us through these painful and challenging times.