Jeffrey Pfeffer

Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979.  He is the author or co-author of thirteen books including The Human Equation:  Building Profits by Putting People First, Managing with Power:  Politics and Influence in Organizations, The Knowing-Doing Gap:  How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge Into Action, Hidden Value:  How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense:  Profiting from Evidence-Based Management, as well as more than 120 articles and book chapters.  Pfeffer’s latest book is Power:  Why Some People Have It—And Others Don’t . Pfeffer is the recipient of the Richard I. Irwin Award presented by the Academy of Management for scholarly contributions to management and numerous awards for articles and books.

Pfeffer's agenda-setting writing has appeared in a number of forums. Since 2007, he has written a monthly column providing career advice for Capital, a leading business and economics magazine in Turkey and, more recently, a blog for the Corner Office section of BNET (CBS Interactive).  Pfeffer has appeared in segments on CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, and CNBC as well as television programs in Korea, and has been quoted and featured in news articles from countries around the globe. 

Pfeffer currently serves on the board of directors of the for-profit company Audible Magic as well as nonprofits Quantum Leap Healthcare and The San Francisco Playhouse.  In the past he has served on the boards of Resumix, Unicru, and Workstream, all human capital software companies, and SonoSite, a company designing and manufacturing portable ultrasound machines.  Pfeffer has presented seminars in 34 countries throughout the world as well as doing consulting and providing executive education for numerous companies, associations, and universities in the United States.