Leslie Gaines-Ross

Leslie Gaines-Ross

Chief reputation strategist at Weber Shandwick, Leslie Gaines-Ross is the architect of award-winning research into CEO and corporate reputation, CEO transitions, corporate rankings, online reputation, executive visibility, thought leadership, and reputation sustainability and recovery. Leslie is the author of two books, CEO Capital: A Guide to Building CEO Reputation and Company Success and Corporate Reputation: 12 Steps to Safeguarding and Recovering Reputation. Follow Leslie on her blog or on Twitter at @ReputationRx or @social4CEOs.

To understand what people expect chief executive officers to say and do on the hottest social issues, why not ask one of the toughest audiences to win over: technology professionals?

A recently released survey of technology professionals, such as software/application developers and software engineers, finds high levels of positivity toward CEOs who speak out on hotly debated current issues.

The research, commissioned...