Suzanne Peterson
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One Arizona Center MC 1221 400 E Van Buren Ste. 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2262
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Mail code: 1221Campus: Dtphx
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Suzanne Peterson is an associate professor of leadership. She is focused on bringing her leadership expertise and content to Thunderbird’s executive education clients as well as the growing graduate student base. She has previously served as faculty director of executive education at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business where she served as a liaison between industry and academia. Although she advises senior executives in a variety of industry sectors, the majority of her time has been spent on Wall Street and other financial services firms. She has advised leaders in firms such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Societe Generale, Fidelity, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as well as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Avnet, McDonalds, State Farm, and Microsoft to name a few.
Her consulting and coaching leverages the theory that excellence in leadership consists of routines and behaviors that can easily be taught. Emphasizing leadership style, effective communication, and relationship building as keys to leadership success, she works with leaders to provide them the tools to deliver excellent business results while concurrently inspiring exceptional levels of loyalty and followership. She is a sought after speaker, and winner of multiple teaching awards, research awards and grants.
Functionally, she has extensive experience working with leadership in the C-Suite. Given her interest and experience in leadership development and talent assessment, she also has worked closely with the human resources function to ensure excellence in design and ROI of leadership development initiatives.
Her long-standing tenure with Arizona State University makes her ideally poised to leverage Thunderbird’s vast executive education experience and expert faculty with the diverse and multi-faced strengths within the larger ASU community.
- Ph.D. University of Nebraska 2001
- M.B.A., University of Nebraska 1997
- B.A. University of Southern California 1995
Research Interests
CEO leadership traits and behaviors; Leadership and emotions; Neuropsychological origins of leadership; Psychological capital; Predictors of individual, team, and organizational performance
Areas of Expertise
- Executive/CEO Leadership
- Leadership Presence/Style
- Innovative Leadership
- Change Leadership and Decision Making
- Leadership Communication
Representative Publications
- Reina, C. S., Peterson, S. J., & Zhang. Z. (2017). Negative implications of CEO family-to-work conflict on firm performance: The role of decision-making comprehensiveness. Organization Science.
- Byron, K., Peterson, S. J., Zhang, Z., & LePine, J. (2017). Realizing Challenges and Guarding Against Threats: Interactive Effects of Regulatory Focus and Stress on Performance on work motivation and performance. Journal of Management.
- Reina, C. S, Zhang, Z., & Peterson, S. J. (2014). CEO grandiose narcissism and firm performance: The role of organizational identification. Leadership Quarterly, 25, 958-971.
- Peterson, S. J., Galvin, B. J., & Lange, D. 2012. CEO servant leadership: Exploring executive characteristics and firm performance, Personnel Psychology,65, 565-596.
- Zhang, Z., & Peterson, S. J. (2011). Advice networks in teams: The role of transformational leadership and members' core self-evaluations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96. 1004-1017.
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Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 549 | Global Leadership |
TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 597 | Thunderbird PLD |
TGM 592 | Research |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 549 | Global Leadership |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership & Strategy |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
TGM 489 | Mltntnl Organizational Ldrshp |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 540 | ManagingPeople:GlobalPerspctv |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership and Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership and Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership and Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership and Strategy |
TGM 545 | Global Leadership and Strategy |
- Recipient, W.P. Carey MBA Outstanding Teacher Award, 2012
- Nominee, Associated Students of ASU Centennial Professor Award.
Editorial Review Board Member, Personnel Psychology and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Arizona State University: 2006-present. Previous Appointments: Miami University.