Reputation: A Leader's Path to Career Success

Reputation ... A Leader's Path to Career Success is the result of many conversations about the importance of a leader's reputation in the workplace. We talked to many of the best coaches in the world. We reflected on conversations with hundreds of leaders we have coached over the years. We discussed it many times as we worked toward the publication of our first book together, Coaching the Dark Side of Personality. Through all those conversations and discussions, we are convinced of four things: All leaders have workplace reputations. All leaders experience reputational challenges. Effective leaders engage in reputation management. Effective reputation management results in career success. This book is dedicated to providing leaders with the practical knowledge and skills necessary for effective reputation management. We are passionate in our belief that leaders who follow the path we outline will achieve the career success to which they aspire.

Rodney Warrenfeltz, PhD, has more than 25 years of consulting experience in leadership assessment and development. Prior to becoming a consultant, he held management positions at PepsiCo, Lockheed Martin, the Colorado Department of Transportation, and IBM. He is coauthor of The Hogan Guide: Interpretation and Use of Hogan Inventories and author of The Legend of the Princess Heart Crystal, a leadership novel for middle grade and young adults.

Trish Kellett, MBA is the director of the Hogan Coaching Network, a team of more than 50 professional coaches worldwide who are experts in using personality-based assessment results as a foundation for improving leader performance. Prior to joining Hogan, she spent 15 years in the leadership assessment, development, and the coaching industry. She also held executive positions at AT&T and National Service Industries.