Acknowledgments

To my wonderful friends and professional associates who are experts in the fields of hiring, talent development, and employment law and who were so giving of their time in reviewing select portions of this manuscript as it made its way through the editing process:

Dr. Jacqueline Hart, Global CEO of Starlight Children’s Foundation in Century City, California.

Former employment law litigator, consultant, and award winning author, Jathan Janove, principal of Janove Organization Solutions in Portland, Oregon.

Kim Congdon, Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California.

Heather D. Rider, retired HR executive and former head of human resources at City of Hope Cancer Center and Intuitive Surgical, Inc., as well as current board member at large, San Diego, California.

Delonna Eyer Kaiser, human resource consultant and employment expert in Austin, Texas.

Rich Falcone, shareholder and employment litigation partner at the Littler Mendelson office in Irvine, California.

Sharon Bauman, Partner in the Employment and Labor Practice Group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, in San Francisco, California.

Richard Kennedy, Human Resources Advisor at HROnline.ie in Dublin, Ireland.

Alison Germain, Organization Development Consultant and former Organization Development Director at Comcast NBC Universal International in London, England.

With special thanks to Stephen S. Power, senior acquisitions editor at AMACOM Books and Barbara Chernow and her staff at Chernow Editorial Services in New York City—what a pleasure it’s been working together with you on this book project!