Book description
Defining moments” occur when managers face business decisions that trigger conflicts with their personal values. These moments test a person’s commitment to those values and ultimately shape their character. But these are also the decisions that can make or break a career. Is there a thoughtful, yet pragmatic, way to make the right choice?
Bestselling author Joseph Badaracco shows how to approach these dilemmas using three case examples that, when taken together, represent the escalating responsibilities and personal tests managers face as they advance in their careers. The first story presents a young manager whose choice will affect him only as an individual; the second, a department head whose decision will influence his organization; the third, a corporate executive whose actions will have much larger, societal ramifications. To guide the decision-making process, the book draws on the insights of four philosophersAristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and Jameswho offer distinctly practical, rather than theoretical, advice. Defining Moments is the ultimate manager’s guide for resolving issues of conflicting responsibility in practical ways.
Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Dirty Hands (1/2)
- 1. Dirty Hands (2/2)
- 2. Right versus Right (1/4)
- 2. Right versus Right (2/4)
- 2. Right versus Right (3/4)
- 2. Right versus Right (4/4)
- 3. The Futility of Grand Priciples (1/4)
- 3. The Futility of Grand Priciples (2/4)
- 3. The Futility of Grand Priciples (3/4)
- 3. The Futility of Grand Priciples (4/4)
- 4. Sleep-Test Ethics (1/3)
- 4. Sleep-Test Ethics (2/3)
- 4. Sleep-Test Ethics (3/3)
- 5. Defining Moments (1/3)
- 5. Defining Moments (2/3)
- 5. Defining Moments (3/3)
- 6. Become Who You Are (1/4)
- 6. Become Who You Are (2/4)
- 6. Become Who You Are (3/4)
- 6. Become Who You Are (4/4)
- 7. Truth Is a Process (1/4)
- 7. Truth Is a Process (2/4)
- 7. Truth Is a Process (3/4)
- 7. Truth Is a Process (4/4)
- 8. Virtu, Virtue, and Success (1/4)
- 8. Virtu, Virtue, and Success (2/4)
- 8. Virtu, Virtue, and Success (3/4)
- 8. Virtu, Virtue, and Success (4/4)
- 9. A Space of Quiet (1/3)
- 9. A Space of Quiet (2/3)
- 9. A Space of Quiet (3/3)
- Notes (1/2)
- Notes (2/2)
- Index
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Defining Moments
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2016
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781633692404
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