The Strategic Genius Behind Trump's Chaos - Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

About this episode

This episode explores the deliberate strategies behind Donald Trump's seemingly chaotic behavior with insights from Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

This episode is about understanding something most people get wrong about Donald Trump: what looks like chaos is often very deliberate. I sat down with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who’s studied Trump for decades, to break down the strategy, the psychology, and the playbook behind it all. Whether you agree with him or not, you need to understand how he operates. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies and Lester Crown Professor in Management Practice at the Yale School of Management, as well as founder and president of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute, a nonprofit educational and research institute focused on CEO leadership and corporate governance. He has authored eight books and his work is regularly cited by the general media such as: BusinessWeek, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, the Economist, the Financial Times, the Washington Post, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, NBC, ABC as well as PBS, and he is a staff contributor for CNBC and a staff columnist for FORTUNE, TIME, Chief Executive, and Corporate Board Member. Get his new book, Trump's Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox, which is…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Scaramucci

Guest: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Topics covered

• Donald Trump
• leadership
• strategy
• psychology
• CEO governance

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• leadership
• strategy
• Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
• CEO governance
• psychology
• chaos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale School of Management, Chief Executive Leadership Institute

Books & works: Trump's Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox

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