美國參議院牧師，首位擔(dān)任這個職位的非裔美國人

????我在美國海軍服役了27年。我在為美國海軍教育和培訓(xùn)負(fù)責(zé)人做助理牧師時，我的老板、海軍中將基胡恩是一名超級領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。有一天，我問他，他的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)理念是什么。他說：“我基本上遵循黃金原則。”換句話說，你希望別人怎么對你，你自己就要怎么對別人。隨著軍銜提升，后來我成了一星準(zhǔn)將。有一次，我參加了一個有美國空軍部長和其他三星中將或四星上將出席的會議。當(dāng)時討論的話題是，如何確保新兵在參加完新兵訓(xùn)練營后能在倫理道德上更加合乎規(guī)范。討論集中在如何篩選出落后分子。我逐漸意識到，如果我是新兵，我不想有懲罰性的倫理道德篩選。我寧可選肯·布蘭佳的1分鐘經(jīng)理人模型，找出做得好的人，正面強(qiáng)化這一點(diǎn)。我說：“假如你是新兵，你看到軍方用這種懲罰性手段篩選新兵，你的感受是什么？”我挑戰(zhàn)他們的假定。如今當(dāng)我和議員們談?wù)撍麄冊趨⒆h院內(nèi)激辯的話題時，我也經(jīng)常用這個辦法。兩邊的議員們，大多數(shù)都是愛國的好人。他們只是有不同的理念，爭論什么對這個國家才是最好的。我想受到怎樣的對待，這就像是石蕊實(shí)驗，為我提供了行動指導(dǎo)。

Barry Black

Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, first African American to hold the office

????I served in the U.S. Navy for 27 years. When I was the assistant chaplain for the chief of naval education and training, my boss, Vice Admiral Kihune, was a superb leader. One day I asked him what his philosophy of leadership was. He said, "I basically practice the golden rule." Which is, Treat other people like you want to be treated. As I went up through the ranks, I became a one-star admiral. I was at a meeting with the Secretary of the Air Force and other three- and four-star admirals. We were discussing how to ensure that recruits who go through boot camp are more ethically fit when they leave. The discussion centered on how we weed out the bad apples. It dawned on me that if I were a recruit, I would not want a punitive approach to ethical fitness. I would prefer the Ken Blanchard, one-minute-manager model of catching people doing something right and positively reinforcing that. I said, "How would you feel if you were a recruit and you saw people being weeded out in this punitive way?" I challenged their premise. I apply this on a regular basis when I'm talking to lawmakers about the very issues that they debate in the chamber. The lawmakers on both sides, for the most part, are good patriotic Americans. They just have different philosophies on what is best for the country. How I would want to be treated gives me a litmus test and provides me with a guide to action.