When change eventually can’t be avoided, it’s usually those in charge who are in the best position to afford the leap of faith and keep a company out of trouble. But those in charge are rarely advocates for employees keeping a healthy attitude about change, perhaps as it is far more complicated to manage and control than employees who will accept status quo.

Here’s a sad story about what happened to a family who gave their life to the steel mills at a time when the mills were in decline. Was it their fault that they became so conservative that they could not see change coming and then were unable adjust when no choice was left? Tough question but from a security perspective it seems to me that leadership should be as much about helping avoid disasters tomorrow as making a dime today, otherwise people end up in tragedy caused by profiteering.