But the organizational setback could be short-lived, as the two men in line to take over from him — Wali ur-Rehman, known as the chief military strategist, and Qari Hussain, the chief instructor on suicide bombers — are considered tough operators.
These include encouraging learning, fostering a collective mindset unafraid of failure or setback and holding strong organizational ethics that are understood and valued by employees.
Jim finally entered into an organizational career but, like many, suffered economic setbacks.
In some cases, even when an organization's culture is supportive of the CCM, the inner structures of the primary care organization, such as a lack of staff and financial resources or a lack of clinician expertise, can impede organizational readiness for implementation and cause unexpected setbacks [ 34, 48, 52].
The Sound of Innovation goes beyond many chronicles of inventive, entrepreneurial, or organizational success, in not glossing over the uncertainties, obstacles, and serious setbacks, and in offering a structured analysis of the particular, concrete instantiations of processes that reconceptualizes them in more general and abstract terms.
With the ongoing onslaught of problems leaders face, and change being the only constant in organizational life, leaders must cultivate resilience as an ongoing skill, not just for the "big moments" of painful setbacks or major change.
Paul Baard, an organizational psychologist at Fordham University in New York, said self- motivation is characterized by persistence in the face of inevitable obstacles and setbacks.
