"Talk about speaking truth to power! In refreshingly candid prose, Jeff Pfeffer offers brilliant insights into how power is successfully built, maintained, and employed in organizations. It's well known that when Pfeffer speaks about power, smart people listen. This book shows why." - Robert Cialdini, author of Influence "[ Power ] ought to be required reading for would-be leaders.[E]xcellent." - Financial Times "Professor Pfeffer's class at Stanford made me uncomfortable as a student, and yet I've heard his voice and the important lessons he taught in many real world situations over the past 18 years. His book on Power will likely make you equally uncomfortable. Read it and reflect on its wisdom.

It will make you more self-aware and give you an understanding of the political dynamics of organizations large and small - all critical to making you a more effective leader for change." - Jacqueline Novogratz, founder, Acumen Fund and author of The Blue Sweater "Jeff Pfeffer is of immense service to the world with his work, blending 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 Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall "Jeff Pfeffer nails it! Political skill, not just talent, is central to success in every field. In Power, this leading scholar comes down to earth with practical, even contrarian, tactics for mastering the power game." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Chaired Professor, Harvard Business School, and bestselling author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End and SuperCorp "Its candor, crisp prose, and forthrightness are fresh and appealing. Brimming with frank, realistic insights on paths to the top, this book offers unexpected--and aggressive--directions on how to advance and flourish in an ever-more competitive workplace." - Publishers Weekly "[ Power ] will help you get comfortable with challenging assumptions and lingering on the pause.

[Pfeffer] draws on a wealth of social-science and psychology research." - Inc. "[Academics and consultants] have an interest in presenting business as a rational enterprise. This leaves the analysis of power to retired businesspeople.(who strive to present themselves as business geniuses rather than Machiavellis) and practicing snake-oil salesmen.Jeffrey Pfeffer of Stanford Business School is an exception to this rule." - The Economist.