Episode

The paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career | Jeffrey Pfeffer (Stanford)

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford professor and author of 'The Seven Rules of Power', discusses how to build influence and advance your career through practical power skills. He outlines seven key principles: get out of your own way, break rules, appear powerful, build a personal brand, network relentlessly, use your power, and understand that success excuses past actions. Pfeffer emphasizes these are learnable skills, not personality traits, and argues that good people need power to create positive change.