Steven Tian
Steven Tian is the director of research at the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.
CommentaryThis Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Tim Cook is leaving at a peak and John Ternus is exactly the right CEO for the AI era
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianApril 20, 2026
CommentaryThe futility of Trump’s grandiose personal branding of public assets, from ballrooms and bills to ships and planes
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianApril 13, 2026
CommentaryWe’re no longer in a bull or bear market. We’re in a Trump market — and here’s how to navigate it
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 26, 2026
C-SuiteI’ve known Trump for 25 Years and advised 5 presidents. Here’s the playbook he’s been running—and why underestimating him is a mistake
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 23, 2026
CommentaryTrump’s Iran War looks improvised. It isn’t. Here’s the playbook he’s been running for decades
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 17, 2026
CommentaryTime on his side: Michael Dell the real business icon as Icahn the activist recedes from view
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 5, 2026
CommentaryWe heard CEOs rip into Trump’s tariffs behind the scenes and the Supreme Court just vindicated them
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian and Stephen HenriquesFebruary 20, 2026
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianFebruary 16, 2026
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian and Stephen HenriquesFebruary 1, 2026
CommentarySlipping on ICE: innocent retailers are the latest collateral damage from Trump’s perpetual noise machine
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJanuary 21, 2026
CommentaryWhy over 80% of America’s top CEOs think Trump would be wrong not to pick Chris Waller for Fed chair
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianDecember 27, 2025
CommentaryThe secrets of what Arnault knows: How Bernard Arnault built the impossible, and his timeless, transferable lessons of leadership
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianDecember 23, 2025
CommentaryThe Trump administration gets it right on limiting the power of proxy advisory firms such as ISS and Glass Lewis
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianNovember 16, 2025
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianNovember 10, 2025
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