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Organizations where bossholes run rampant can suffer ruined reputations.

When leaders publicly change their minds, it shows that they’re smart enough to realize they made a mistake, secure enough to admit the mistake, and willing to risk their reputation to do the right thing.

…resharing your posts is the ultimate compliment because it means that people are risking their reputations on what you’ve shared.

When we decline to get involved, to risk ourselves or our reputations, we have to understand that it is not just our own careers or life at stake.

There are social rewards that strongly motivate behavior – and one of the least used in corporate life is the encouragement of social rewards and reputation.

…it won’t be the name of your undergraduate that opens doors for you; it’ll be the name you make for yourself – your stellar reputation – that turns the key.

…no matter how ambitious you are, you’ll advance in your career more quickly if you focus on the job you have and gain a reputation for good work.

…an offering’s reputation must be earned on day one, because brand building increasingly relies heavily on word-of-mouth recommendations spreading rapidly through our networked society.

…money isn’t everything. Ego, pride, reputation, and notoriety are also big players in how startup founders and employees think about their companies and any eventual exit.