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Defining Moments
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Defining Moments

by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
160 pages
4h
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Truth Is a Process 95
For managers, process does the heavy lifting. It gives victory to
one interpretation, defines it as ‘‘the truth’’ for an organization, and
makes a defining moment possible. What Adario had forgotten about
the Tylenol episode was all that preceded it. He was impressed by
what the company did; he should have been impressed that it was
ready to do what it did.
Burke’s actions, in the moment of crisis, were only the latest in
a long series of efforts to renew the company’s commitment to
its basic values. The company credo was decades old and closely
associated with the company’s revered, long-time chairman, General
Robert Johnson, who created it. The credo had been carefully crafted,
occasionally updated and clarified, and, above all,
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ISBN: 9781633692404