This is phenomenal advice. You might, for example, recommend outsourcing non-corrosive functionality rather than building it in house, if you feel that is better for the company.

You should do this even if it leads to layoffs for your department, because, again, your goal should be a thriving business, not a thriving engineering department and a lackluster business.

Source: I did recommend and lead this course of action once (the outsourcing, not the layoffs). Company is still using an outsourced solution.