Using first person perspective, case studies, and practical guidance, nine specialists from business and management explore ways to think about and promote equality in the workplace. Topics include transitioning from affirmative action to "affirming diversity;" a new model for understanding and leveraging diversity; the glass ceiling and what it will take to shatter it; finding an equitable solution for providing flexible work schedules to both parent and non-parent employees; mentoring minorities; gender rivalries in the workplace; making changes in the work culture to retain high-performing female employees; and sexual diversity issues in the workplace. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

If you could spend one whole night alone with anyone in history, whom would you choose? If you could suddenly possess an extraordinary talent in one of the arts, which would you like it to be? If you could commit one crime without being caught, what crime would you commit? If your plane were about to crash and you had time to write one quick note, to whom would you write, and what would you say? If you could run any single company, institution, or organization in the world, which would you choose? These are but a few of the five hundred provocative queries from If... (Questions for the Game of Life).
If... can be a wonderful after-dinner parlor game; it can serve as an icebreaker between new acquaintances; it can even help you better understand yourself, your dreams and aspirations, and the mysteries of life. After the hours of inquisitive thoughts and revelations inspired by If... (Questions for the Game of Life), you'll wonder, "If I had never picked up this book, what would have happened to me?"