The Leadership Lectures featuring Suzanne Peterson, Ph.D.

Blending Power and Warmth for Impact

Too nice? Or maybe the opposite -- unapproachable? Based on her recent ‘hit’ article in Harvard Business Review, Dr. Peterson will share insights from her experience as an executive coach, consultant, and researcher about how all leaders can more effectively blend and balance leadership markers of power and attractiveness.

Dr. Suzanne Peterson is professor, consultant, and public speaker. She serves on the faculty at Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management where she teaches courses on High Impact Leadership. She has been quoted or referenced in the Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, and Business Inc. Her most recent work was published in the November/December issue of Harvard Business Review. In her industry related work, she specializes in executive coaching and team-based coaching with a focus on the development of leadership behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders. Emphasizing leadership presence and credibility, effective communication, and relationship building as critical building blocks to leadership success, she has advised senior leaders in firms such as Google, Dell Technologies, JP Morgan/Chase, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab, Black Rock, Tory Burch, Fidelity, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, Nomura, McDonalds, Estee Lauder, USAA, and State Farm, among others.