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Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

  • SEC Settlement Won’t Fix Tesla

    Tesla may have reached a settlement with the SEC, Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes, but the company's board still needs to address the problems created by its brilliant, self-destructive CEO.

    Tesla dealership
  • At CBS, Less of Les Is More

    Whoever replaces Les Moonves at CBS must look beyond picking hits, writes Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

    CBS headquarters
  • Departing PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi Did It Her Way

    Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that Nooyi brought a rare combination of intelligence, toughness, and vision to the job.

    Indra Nooyi
  • The Real Problem for Mark Zuckerberg Is Mark Zuckerberg

    Since Facebook's stock structure guarantees CEO Mark Zuckerberg control, Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes, its only hope is some brutally honest feedback from his star-studded board.

    Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook's 2008 F8 conference
  • Five Lessons From A Rash Of Untimely CEO Departures

    More than a dozen prominent CEOs have ushered out of the executive suite in recent weeks. Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that their sudden departures offer lessons on how to survive—or at least make a graceful exit.

    An empty office
  • Women Leaders Ascend in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

    When Kathy Warden was named CEO of Northrop Grumman this week, she became the third woman CEO among the top five aerospace and defense contractors. Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that this welcome trend has an echo in the early history of the industry.

    Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
  • Disney CEO Bob Iger Again Shows Moral Leadership With Roseanne Fiasco

    Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that CEO Bob Iger did the right thing by swiftly cancelling the highly rated show.

  • AT&T, Novartis CEOs Wise To Take Responsibility

    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld says the CEOs of AT&T and Novartis were right to respond swiftly and directly to their companies’ connection to the scandal around Michael Cohen.

  • Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Sorry. Where Is the Genuine Contrition? 

    The CEO of Facebook is apologizing to Congress for the company’s misuse of user data. But real contrition, Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes, means explaining what you did wrong and making sure it doesn’t happen again.

  • Three Questions: Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld on the Crisis at Facebook

    With legislators demanding answers from Facebook and users deleting the company's app, its top leaders have been silent. We asked Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld how they should be responding to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in 2013. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images.