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The
Book of Hard Choices: How To Make The Right Decision At Work And Keep Your
Self-Respect
All
of us like to think that, in any given situation, we’d act with integrity
and do the right thing. But what happens when we get to work each morning?
Do the same rules we follow in our personal lives apply to our work lives?
The lines between right and wrong become blurred
when we must weigh our obligations to our employer against our own ideas
about what is right and wrong. Should altruism trump profit, even to the
detriment of the organization? When should you step in to protect an employee
and when should the employee be left to take the heat? If the CEO is up to
some unethical accounting, should you always risk your job—and the
company’s reputation—to sound the alarm?
These are the hard choices, the dilemmas that put
your integrity to the test and require you to look beyond organizational
policy and industry precedents to find an answer that reflects your personal
sense of justice. The Book of Hard Choices
goes to the heart of these difficult decisions. James Autry and Peter Roy,
experienced executives themselves, interviewed numerous leaders about the
tough decisions they’ve made on the job. They spoke with people like
former Starbucks president Howard Behar, Iowa Cubs owner Michael Gartner,
and Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa as well as entrepreneurs, military officials,
members of the clergy, and a whole host of leaders. The authors dig into
the thinking process these people went through, as well as the emotional
strain, the self-doubt, and the fear of a wrong decision’s impact on
their business, family, or coworkers. Not everyone in this book made the
right choice, but all of them were forced to examine their values and make
decisions in complicated circumstances. The result is hard-won wisdom on
how to navigate the ethical gray-areas of work life—from daily challenges
to possible career ending choices—and make the best possible decisions
in the most difficult situations.
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