SynopsisIn the new era where every person''s actions have the potential to have a global impact“In the new era where every person''s actions have the potential to have a global impactBy common definition a professional is someone who possesses the skills and knowledge whether a prestigious university degree or simply years of on-the-job training - necessary to do a job. For centuries we have relied on this definition to help us determine who is capable and who is not. But every day we see examples of so-called professionals who do more harm than good: a few irresponsible bankers whose get-rich-quick schemes led to a global financial meltdown; a once-respected hedge fund manager charged with running the world''s largest Ponzi scheme and robbing his clients of billions; a team of executives who siphoned funds from their employees'' pension plans...the list goes on. So how can we weed out the best from the worst when the accepted standards are no longer enough and when even the most powerful and respected among us cannot be trusted to behave responsibly According to businessman and bestselling author Subroto Bagchi the first step is to redefine what it means to be a professional. Today it takes more than just aptitude; it takes a commitment to doing what''s right not only for your business but for society as a whole. In a world where patients clients and customers can no longer completely trust the advice given to them The Professional outlines the explicit and implicit code of conduct.About AuthorSubroto Bagchi is Vice Chairman and Co-founder of MindTree Ltd. Till 2008 Subroto was its Chief Operating Officer a role he stepped down from to become its Gardener. His work involves co-innovating with MindTrees customers tending the top 100 minds in the organization and serving its fifty communities of practice. He is also Chairman of MindTrees Innovation Council. His earlier books The High-Performance Entrepreneur (Penguin Portfolio 2006) and Go Kiss the World (Penguin Portfolio 2008) were best-sellers and received critical acclaim.Subroto is married to writer Susmita Bagchi and they have two daughters Neha and Niti.Visit www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi.About NarratorThe Professionals by Welsh writer Wiliam Owen Roberts is the story broadly sketched of the personal and professional relationship between two men.  I say broadly sketched because there really isnt much more to the piece.  One of the men the unnamed narrator is a therapist of the Freudian psychoanalytical school and the other his patient Mathew (name changed to preserve doctor-patient privacy) is a banker “not the sort…our fathers used to beg a loan from in their best suits more the flashy transnational deal.