Introduction

Abstract

In a sense, this book is the culmination of a series of conversations held with family, close friends, and colleagues over several decades about the ups and downs of my business career in human resources. The conversations included what I had learned and observed over 40 years. One of these conversations started quite a few years ago when a now good friend named Mike Johnson and I first met while sharing the speaker’s podium at an HR-themed conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Mike is a savvy business writer and consultant based in the United Kingdom who writes about the importance of organization talent.