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

Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld will discuss the research that led to his new book, Trump's Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox.  The book is a New York Times bestseller.  Yale leadership scholar and CMI member Jeffrey Sonnenfeld pulls back the curtain on Donald Trump’s rulebook for power—revealing the ten ruthless, repeatable strategies that explain how he conquers chaos, commands loyalty, and bends every arena to his will.

Trump’s Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox offers a provocative and penetrating look inside the mind of one of history’s most controversial leaders. Written by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, celebrated Yale leadership scholar and advisor to five U.S. presidents, this book reveals the ten guiding principles—or “commandments”—that define Donald Trump’s decision-making across business, media, and politics.

From the boardroom to the Oval Office, Sonnenfeld distills lessons in power, persuasion, and performance—lessons that illuminate not only Trump’s successes and failures but also timeless truths about human ambition, influence, and control. Whether you admire or abhor him, understanding Trump’s Ten Commandments reveals how he built empires, dismantled institutions, and redefined leadership in his own image.

Participants in the program will receive a copy of Professor Sonnenfeld’s book.