Every time I read about another set of layoffs at a major company (which is about every day), I wonder how the Chairman, CEO, and CFO feel. Do they bleed, or are they too far removed from the faces of the people they let go?

I am a small business. I realize it could happen to us, though I believe it will not, in part because my staff is so very, very good. Could I do it? Well, yeah, you do what you have to. But it would be incredibly painful. We’ve reached the point where my success is due at least as much to my employees’ talents as to my own. I care deeply about each and every one of them. They work hard. They put up with my idiosyncrasies (which I make no attempt to suppress). And they truly want Rosenberg Communications to succeed.

So I just wonder, do the corporate titans bleed or does running a business of a certain size stop the blood from flowing?