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Every book Jeffrey Pfeffer recommended on podcasts
Jeffrey Pfeffer appeared on podcasts to discuss networking, leadership, and power dynamics. He recommended Keith Ferrazzi's Never Eat Alone as a positive networking example and Jon Levy's You're Invited as a guide for organizing curated events. Pfeffer also discussed his own book Power, noting its real-world examples beyond Donald Trump such as Elon Musk, and reflected on Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics after recounting how Jim Collins once gifted him that book while discussing political strategy.
Books recommended by Jeffrey Pfeffer
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Power
Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer is an insightful guide that offers candid, practical advice on how to navigate workplace dynamics and advance one's career.
Discussed“So the seven rule the, you know, Seven Rules of Power, the book that I did write, is essentially the book I could have written about Donald Trump, but instead of being it about Donald Trump, it's about a bunch of other people, including Elon Musk”
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You're Invited
You're Invited by Jon Levy is a guide to designing high-impact gatherings and building meaningful personal and professional networks.
Recommended“And the other is a book by my friend John Levy, You're Invited. John Levy is an influencer. He talks in his book about how to put on events that people want to come to.”
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Never Eat Alone
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi is a practical guide to professional networking, relationship-building, and career success based on mutual value and personal connection.
Recommended“And then in the chapter on networking, I use two at least several examples. One is of course Keith Ferrazzi who wrote the book Never Eat Alone, which is a good book. Keith is a great guy.”
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Chimpanzee Politics
Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal is a groundbreaking primatology book that examines the complex social strategies, power struggles, and alliance-building behaviors of chimpanzees and their striking parallels to human political systems.
Discussed“We respond to how people look, you know, when when Jim Collins got fired out of Stanford, he gave me a book called Chimpanzee Politics. He said, I should have read your earlier book on power managing with power.”
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Books Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blueprint E1: Branding yourself, + Jeffrey Pfeffer on the 7 Rules of Power | E1507 | This Week in Startups | 2022-07-14 | 7 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He said, I should have read your earlier book on power managing with power. I would probably still be working at Stanford, though by the way, not as nearly as successful as Jim Collins became.”
“She is writing a book on body language. Body language matters. Amy Cuddy's TED Talk is I think one of the second or third most downloaded or watched TED Talks on her work on presence.”