General Rick Hillier's views on leadership evolved over his three decades as a soldier. Early in his career he watched as many of his superiors made bad decisions. Later he learned at the school of hard knocks as the head of emergency rescue operations in Canada and international task forces in eastern Europe and Afghanistan. Never one to be shy with his opinions, Hillier is as frank and straightforward in Leadership as he is in his #1 bestselling memoir, A Soldier First. For Hillier, leadership is all about people-embracing those you are in charge of and winning over those you need to work with-not about risk aversion or management fads. Leaders think long and have a plan. Their actions speak, not their words, and they make their own luck. But leaders also act out of moral courage, take advantage of crises, accept failure and remain perpetually optimistic. Whether on the front lines of a business or in any situation that requires strong communication and vision, leaders go with their gut and make the tough decisions look easy. Leadership is an inspirational, easy-to-read and, in true Hillier fashion, often humorous collection of fifty principles that will challenge the way you run your business, start a project or take that next step in life.

Leadership - 50 Points of Wisdom For Today's Leaders

In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada's most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the Second World War left a role in which he'd been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors. Born and raised in Newfoundland, Hillier joined the military as a young man and quickly climbed the ranks. He played a significant role in such domestic challenges as the ice storm that paralyzed much of eastern Ontario and Quebec in 1998, and quickly became a player on the international scene, commanding an American corps in Texas and a multinational NATO task force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But it was his role as General Rick Hillier, Canada's Chief of the Defence staff, that defined him as a Canadian icon. In Afghanistan, Canada faced its first combat losses since the Korean War, with every casualty becoming front page news. A country formerly ambivalent, or even angry, about its role in the conflict suddenly became gripped by the drama unfolding not only in a war zone halfway around the world but in unfriendly conference rooms in Ottawa. There, as everywhere, Hillier pulled no punches, demanding more funding, more troops and more appreciation for the women and men fighting a war on foreign soil. This hard-hitting, honest account of Hillier's role-told in his own words-will be one of the most important books published in Canada this decade.

A Soldier First - Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War

Le général Richard "Rick" J. Hillier, CMM, CSM, CD, B.Sc (né en 1955)

Nous ne sommes pas la fonction publique du Canada, nous ne sommes pas seulement un autre département. Nous sommes les forces canadiennes et notre travail est de pouvoir tuer des gens.

Je vais vous dire une chose, quand vous aurez des jeunes hommes et des femmes dans les opérations de combat et qu'ils perdent leurs amis, une chose que vous apprenez rapidement à ne pas avoir honte, ce sont les larmes.

Vous ne réalisez rien en vous arrêtant au premier signe de difficulté. Si nous nous sommes arrêtés après Dieppe pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, où serions-nous en ce moment en tant que nation? Si nous nous arrêtions avant Vimy Ridge, nous n'aurions pas été du tout une nation. Oui, vous devez savoir quand dire "Arrête" en tant que leader, vous le faites certainement, mais vous devez également savoir quand faire pression pour la dernière chose qui vous donnera tout le bien.

L'optimisme peut être plus puissant qu'une batterie d'artillerie ou d'escadron de réservoirs. Il peut être contagieux et il est nécessaire d'être un leader.

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