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| Dr. James Waldroop |
CareerLeader, LLP CEO and Co-founder Dr. James Waldroop was until 2001 Co-Director of MBA Career Development Programs at the Harvard Business School,
where he had worked since 1981. Together with Dr. Timothy Butler, he developed the Internet-based career assessment program CareerLeader®
(www.careerleader.com), currently used by more than 400 corporations, MBA programs, and universities worldwide.
Dr. Waldroop's work focuses on two areas of interface between psychology and the world of business:
individual leadership development, and career development assessment and counseling. He has worked with a wide range of organizations in both the manufacturing and service sectors,
from Fortune 50 corporations to smaller high-growth firms. His clients include McKinsey & Company, Fidelity Management Research Company, Sony Music Entertainment, Globespan Capital Partners, Boston Communications Group, Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath, Manpower, the Boston Consulting Group, and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
Dr. Waldroop frequently lectures at business schools, corporations, and other organizations throughout the world on topics related to attracting and retaining talent, and maximizing performance. He earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1979 from the University of Texas at Austin.
His publications include:
- The Twelve Bad Habits that Hold Good People Back (Currency Doubleday, 2000). Foreign language editions in Arabic, Korean, Mandarin and Taiwanese Chinese, Portuguese, Thai.
- Discovering Your Career in Business (Addison-Wesley, 1997). Foreign language editions in Dutch and Mandarin Chinese.
- "Understanding 'People' People" (Harvard Business Review, June 2004).
- "Managing Away Bad Habits" (Harvard Business Review, September 2000).
- "Job Sculpting: The Art of Retaining Your Best People" (Harvard Business Review, September 1999).
- "The Executive as Coach" (Harvard Business Review, November/December 1996).
- "Managing Your Career" and "Retaining Valued Employees" (Harvard ManageMentor, Harvard Business School Press).
- "Guess What? You're Not Perfect" (Fortune, October 16, 2000).
- "Eight Failings That Bedevil the Best" (Fortune, November 23, 1998).
- "Finding the Job You Should Want" (Fortune, March 2, 1998).
- "The Hidden Flaws of Top Executives: How to Find Them Before You Hire Them" (HR Professional, April 2006).
- "Redefining Roles, Customizing Careers" (Pathways: The Novartis Journal, July 2001).
- "The Art of Work" (Employment Relations Today, October 2000).
- "A Function-Centered Model of Interest Assessment for Business Careers" (Journal of Career Assessment, August 2004).
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