Suzanne Peterson

Suzanne Peterson is an Associate Professor of Leadership at Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business, with dual affiliations at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Her expertise bridges executive education, leadership development, and organizational psychology. She advises global financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies on leadership strategies, emphasizing communication, emotional intelligence, and neuroscientific approaches.

Education: Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership (University of Nebraska, 2001), M.B.A. (University of Nebraska, 1997), B.A. in Communication (University of Southern California, 1995). Her research focuses on CEO leadership traits, neuropsychological foundations of leadership, and psychological capital. She has pioneered studies on gender differences in leadership decision-making and the impact of CEO humility on organizational outcomes.

Research highlights include exploring leadership development ROI for C-suite executives and investigating the neuroscience of leadership behaviors. She has contributed to frameworks linking CEO emotional management to firm performance and pioneered the 'surface-acting spillover' theory in organizational stress. Her work integrates neuroscientific methods with traditional leadership studies to create evidence-based development programs.

Awarded multiple teaching and research grants, she has advised over 50 global organizations. Current projects include validating new workplace well-being scales and investigating how priming techniques influence executive decision-making. She serves on advisory boards for leadership development programs and regularly presents at international conferences on innovative leadership assessment methodologies.