Features contributions from the Cabot Group, a major consulting organization formed by the retired executive vice presidents of human resources from Colgate-Palmolive, Merck, Xerox, Nortel Networks, and others. * Lets these former executives speak their minds about issues that range from diversity to downsizing, from board participation to boredom, from productivity to pop psychology, and everything in between. * Includes a series of vignettes, personal reminisces, defeats, victories, and other insightful, behind-the-scenes revelations about the power and impact of the profession on corporate life and individual well-being.