Team

CareerLeader was founded by Drs. James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, co-directors of MBA career development at Harvard Business School who were dissatisfied with the career assessments available at the time. They leveraged their expertise and years of data to launch CareerLeader, building it into the world's premiere assessment tool for professional development.

Today, CareerLeader's team is made up of PhDs and professionals in business psychology, data science, field research, and computer science with over a century of collective experience at the forefront of their fields. Together, the CareerLeader team ensures that our technology and data are at the cutting edge, with rigorous testing and careful refinement to deliver what our clients expect: accurate, actionable insights that lead to better and more fulfilling careers.

 

 

 

The co-founder of CareerLeader, Dr. James Waldroop (Jim) served as Co-Director of MBA Career Development Programs at Harvard Business School for 19 years before fully devoting himself to the company in 1990.

Jim's work focused on two areas of interface between psychology and the world of business: individual leadership development, and career development assessment and counseling. In his research and consulting work, he interviewed thousands of business professionals from a wide range of industries and functions. His psychological testing database now contains profiling on over half a million individuals from over 200 countries. He lectured and taught at business schools, corporations, and other organizations around the world on topics such as business career self-assessment, career counseling process, attracting and retaining talent, and maximizing performance. He worked with a wide range of organizations and business professionals from both the manufacturing and service sectors, from Fortune 500 corporations to smaller high-growth firms.

Jim co-authored Discovering Your Career in Business (Addison-Wesley, 1997) and The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back: Overcoming the Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead (Doubleday, 2000) as well as numerous articles for the Harvard Business Review, FORTUNE, Employment Relations Today, and HR Professional.