Business managers like to say they’re the chief financial officers of their clients’ lives. In many ways, they’re like consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) in “The Godfather,” doling out advice and occasionally acting as hatchet men (and women), firing and hiring personal staff. But, just as often, they have more in common with the therapist for shpilkes -ridden Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in “Annie Hall” or Billy Crystal’s psychiatrist character in “Analyze This” counseling a mob boss plagued by panic attacks (Robert De Niro). In other words, while their job entails everything from handling personal and corporate taxes to facilitating the purchase and sale of cars, homes, yachts, jets and even private islands, it’s not just about big bucks on balance sheets. Their ability to provide emot

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