Jeffrey Pfeffer is a leading voice in organizational behavior and effective management. His work delves into the critical aspects of power, leadership, and building successful organizations. Pfeffer explores how companies can achieve extraordinary results through smart people management and debunks common misconceptions in business practices. His writing offers insightful perspectives on what truly works in the dynamic world of commerce.
Confronts the challenge of turning knowledge about how to improve performance into actions that produce measurable results. This book identifies the causes of the knowing-doing gap and explains how to close it.
If you want to 'change lives, change organizations, change the world,' the Stanford business school's motto, you need power.
Providing an in-depth look at the role of power and influence in organizations, this book shows that its effective use is an essential component of strong leadership. It also looks at the personal attributes and the structural factors that can help managers advance organizational goals and achieve individual success.
“Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide.” —Jim Collins, author of New York Times bestselling author Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall Some people have it, and others don’t. Jeffrey Pfeffer explores why, in Power. One of the greatest minds in management theory and author or co-author of thirteen books, including the seminal business-school text Managing With Power , Jeffrey Pfeffer shows readers how to succeed and wield power in the real world.
Finalist for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Best business book of the week from Inc.com The author of Power, Stanford business school professor, and a leading management thinker offers a hard-hitting dissection of the leadership industry and ways to make workplaces and careers work better. The leadership enterprise is enormous, with billions of dollars, thousands of books, and hundreds of thousands of blogs and talks focused on improving leaders. But what we see worldwide is employee disengagement, high levels of leader turnover and career derailment, and failed leadership development efforts. In Leadership BS, Jeffrey Pfeffer shines a bright light on the leadership industry, showing why it’s failing and how it might be remade. He sets the record straight on the oft-made prescriptions for leaders to be honest, authentic, and modest, tell the truth, build trust, and take care of others. By calling BS on so many of the stories and myths of leadership, he gives people a more scientific look at the evidence and better information to guide their careers. Rooted in social science, and will practical examples and advice for improving management, Leadership BS encourages readers to accept the truth and then use facts to change themselves and the world for the better.
Criticizes many common personnel management practices, and argues that policies such as job security and fair compensation result in greater profits in the long run.
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success.Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary that challenges conventional wisdom while providing data and insights to help companies make smarter decisions. The book contains a series of short chapters filled with examples, data, and insights that challenge questionable assumptions and much conventional management wisdom. Each chapter also provides guidelines about how to think more deeply and intelligently about critical management issues. Covering topics ranging from managing people to leadership to measurement and strategy, it’s good organizational advice, delivered by Dr. Pfeffer himself.
"Pfeffer has written one of the most important business books in a long time. All in all, a masterful, riveting performance".--Tom Peters.
Konventionelle Literatur zum Thema Karriere verrät nur die halbe Wahrheit - ebenso wie erfolgreiche Manager, die behaupten, dass es bei ihrem Werdegang vor allem auf Eigenschaften wie Fleiß und Strebsamkeit ankam. Jeffrey Pfeffer zeigt, was wirklich zählt: Macht. Er bietet Strategien, die an die wirkliche Welt angepasst sind und nicht an eine Welt, wie wir sie uns wünschen. Nicht der Freundliche und Leistungsfähige kommt weiter, sondern der am besten Vernetzte. Derjenige, der die Mechanismen der Macht wirklich durchschaut und für die eigenen Zwecke einsetzt - wollen Sie auch?
