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Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

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Upcoming Events

June 5-6, 2012
Yale CEO Summit
Yale CEO College
New York Stock Exchange

The Chief Executive Leadership Institute will bring together more than 100 distinguished global leaders from across industries to engage in lively, candid discussions on the umbrella theme Staying Ahead of Economic Currents: Building an Enterprise for the Future Despite Present Day Uncertainties. This invitation-only leaders’ conference will be held at the New York Stock Exchange.

Recent Events

March 7, 2012
Yale CEO Caucus
Washington, D.C.

The Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute hosted its second Yale CEO Caucus in Washington, DC. on March 7.  Leading policy makers, legislators, key experts, and top administration officials discussed the theme: “Navigating Around Infrastructure Snarls; From Cyberspace and Energy to Planes Trains and Automobiles.”
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Press Release

December 14 - 15, 2011
Yale CEO Summit
Yale CEO College
Waldorf=Astoria, Manhattan 

The Yale CEO Summit: Rethinking Global Markets: Leading Businesses across Divergent National Economies at this invitation-only leaders’ conference.

November 15, 2011
Yale CEO Caucus
Washington, D.C.

June 7 - 8, 2011
Yale CEO Summit
Yale CEO College
New York Stock Exchange

December 15 - 16, 2010
Yale CEO Summit
Yale CEO College
Manhattan

October 25 - 26, 2010
Yale CEO Global Leadership Summit
Mumbai, India

October 10 - 11, 2010
Yale CEO Global Leadership Summit
Shanghai, China

 

News

HP Shareholders to Have More Say on Board Members

Sonnenfeld, “It’s a very good board now, it took them a while.” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management, and William George, former Medtronic chairman/CEO, discuss the proposal for HP shareholders to have more power in electing board directors.  Watch CNBC Video

Yale CEO Caucus Launches in Washington, DC

The Chief Executive Leadership Institute at the Yale School of Management will host its inaugural Yale CEO Caucus in Washington, DC, on November 15. The roundtable will convene business leaders, political leaders, and scholars to discuss the business implications of urgent national and global events that span economics, diplomacy, security, energy, environment, regulation, and politics. The theme of the first event is “Putting America Back to Work.”   
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The Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute announces the opening of its new Washington D.C. office at 101 Constitution Avenue

We will offer timely CEO Caucuses in the heart of our nation’s capitol welcoming leading policy makers, legislators, key experts and top administration officials to discuss the business implications of urgent global events on economic, diplomatic, security, energy, environmental, regulatory, and political fronts.   For More Information

Corzine Resigns as CEO

Jeff Sonnenfeld discusses MF Global’s announcement of CEO Jon Corzine’s resignation, “He was out to prove something, and the board was star struck…they allowed outrageous risk-taking…his interests and the interests of his enterprise were going down different paths.”   Watch CNBC Video

"News Corp Annual Meeting," CNBC

Rupert Murdoch, says Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, represents the “monarch” style of leadership – those who “don’t like succession, whose heroic identity is tied to their job”. Murdoch is a “media baron with newsprint under his fingernails” and “investors often buy into the charisma, but there is a downside – the scandals of course, circulation problems, the whistleblower being fired…”   Watch CNBC Video

Executive Changes at IBM

Jeff Sonnenfeld offered his viewpoint on the announcement of IBM’s new CEO Virginia Rometty, “She is an incredibly effective salesperson. She’s really earned her stripes.”   Watch the CNBC video

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