... strategies (de Chernatony, 2001), corporate reputation and people management (Davies et al., 2003) and communica-tions, branding, corporate reputation and people management (Van Riel, 2003). The ... the talk’ by acting out the mission and val-ues statements, and to the gaps between ‘rhetoric and reality’ in26 Corporate Reputations, Branding and People Management which the leadership style ... Corporate Reputations, Branding and People Management strategies, which we explore in our four-part discussion ofstrategic human resource management in Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8. It is these people management...