Biographical note

Leigh L. Thompson is the J. L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Management and Organizations in the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She is the director of the AT&T Behavioral Research Laboratory at Kellogg, an executive member of the Dispute Resolution Research Center, and also conducts the Negotiation Strategies and Leading High Impact Teams Executive Programs at Kellogg. An active consultant and trainer, Thompson has taught negotiation skills to executives and managers all over the world.

An internationally recognized scholar, Thompson has published 3 books and over 50 articles in leading management journals and books. Thompson has received numerous awards and honors for her research, including the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, California, and a grant from Citigroup Behavioral Sciences Research Council of Citibank.