Within your own direct reports, you and they have to look at your organization and come up with names for the RIFs. Now, after you have been given your marching orders, you have to tell your team the bad news. The employees you currently have on the team are all great at their jobs and deserve to stay there. You and your peers are given a target by your boss. Why is perpetual optimism a force multiplier? Let's take the example from above about your having to RIF a number of employees due to mandatory budget cuts in the company. But your attitude as you are getting the job done is so vitally important. They must be dealt with and there is pressure and pain associated with getting the job done. Of course - these problems you face are real. Why? Because its true! In the darkest of moments, being able to stay positive and hopeful about the future makes all the difference in the world to your own sanity and to the morale of the team you are leading. Especially if you are in my former professions.īut Powell's statement about "perpetual optimism is a force multiplier" has always stuck with me. If you live in this world, and you are a leader, you can count on trouble coming your way. You find out a loved one has cancer and you feel helpless to do anything about it. All the while having the C Suite breathing down your neck asking every two minutes for a sit rep. A bombing goes off somewhere in the world and you have employees and travelers in harms way and you have to communicate to them, find out how they are and take care of them. ![]() There is a mandated Reduction in Force (RIF) and you have to let go of people who are doing a wonderful job and figure out how to stack rank your team to make these hard decisions. You've been told there are going to be budget cuts and your organization will have to find a way to do with 5%l less budget. There is a major personnel issue to deal with. Somedays it may seem like everything is working out great and the next day, the bottom falls out. As leaders, you take the good with the bad. In our leadership journey, we will face many trials, troubles and tribulations in our careers. One of my favorite Powell principals is "Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier." These principles gave me sustenance and support during the 16 years I was at the helm of Microsoft Global Security. He was a great leader and his "13 Principles of Leadership" were always nearby on my desk at Microsoft when I was CSO there. Maître de sa vie, l’homme l’est aussi de sa mort.I speak often about the late General Colin Powell. Il pratique un art quelconque, il s’adonne à la philosophie, aux mathématiques ou bien il joue aux échecs en solitaire. ![]() Les maux et la mort involontaire ne sont plus une menace pour lui. » « - À cent ans, l’être humain peut se passer de l’amour et de l’amitié. De mon temps à moi, hier encore, répondis-je, triomphait la superstition que du jour au lendemain il se passait des événements qu’on aurait eu honte d’ignorer. L’imprimerie, maintenant abolie, a été l’un des pires fléaux de l’humanité, car elle a tendu à multiplier jusqu’au vertige des textes inutiles. D’ailleurs ce qui importe ce n’est pas de lire mais de relire. Depuis quatre siècles que je vis je n’ai pas dû en lire plus d’une demi-douzaine. » « - Personne ne peut lire deux mille livres. Avant tout l’oubli de ce qui est personnel et localisé. ![]() "« Dans nos écoles on nous enseigne le doute et l’art d’oublier.
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