About the Webinar
Join us for an engaging webinar with Professor Jeff Sonnenfeld. The presentation’s theme, arising from Professor Sonnenfeld’s forthcoming book, Trump’s Ten Commandments, explores ten guiding principles—or “commandments”— that define President Donald Trump’s decision-making across business, media, and politics. This webinar is sponsored by the Yale School of Management’s Global Executive Leadership Program, where Professor Sonnenfeld is the faculty director. The Global Executive Leadership program features renowned Yale faculty sharing groundbreaking research, tools, and frameworks to help executives upskill for leadership, expand their impact, and make lasting change in the organizations and communities they serve.
In this webinar, Professor Sonnenfeld draws from decades of personal interactions as an advisor, critic, and confidant to President Trump, combined with extensive experience as a scholar studying and counseling thousands of top CEOs. His presentation illuminates predictable patterns behind the President’s seemingly chaotic style and demonstrates how his playbook breaks every conventional leadership rule, yet often achieves results through sheer force of will. This exploration of lessons in power, persuasion, and performance will re-examine not only President Trump’s successes and failures but also timeless truths about human ambition, influence, and control. Using the tools of insider analysis and leadership case study, Professor Sonnenfeld will decode how President Trump thinks, how he leads, and what his methods demonstrate—about both the dangers and the magnetism of power that defies traditional restraints.
Designed as an apolitical study in management and leadership, this academic exploration offers valuable insights for executives, managers, scholars, and followers of today’s news headlines. With a Q&A discussion moderated by Kavitha Bindra, Assistant Dean and Executive Director for Executive Education at Yale School of Management, and an open forum for a broad spectrum of viewpoints, this webinar will illuminate the strategy, psychology, and legacy of the Trump era of American presidency.
