Leigh Thompson
J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations
Professor of Management & Organizations
Director of Kellogg Team and Group Research Center
Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy)
Leigh Thompson is the J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Thompson’s research focuses on negotiation, creativity, virtual communication, and teamwork.
Thompson’s books include: Negotiating the Sweet Spot: The Art of Leaving Nothing on the Table, Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration, Making the Team, The Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, The Truth about Negotiations and Stop Spending, Start Managing. In the fall 2022, her newest book, Advanced Introduction to Negotiation (with Cynthia Wang) was published.
Thompson is a featured writer/contributor to articles in the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider.
Thompson directs several executive education programs, including: Leading High-Impact Teams, Negotiation Mastery Certificate program, Constructive Collaboration (with Brayden King), and High Performance Negotiation.
Thompson has designed, created and published several publicly available teaching videos: Negotiation 101 , Teamwork 101, High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation (MOOC series with Coursera with more than 121,000 learners), as well as, Is Your Team Slacking?, Managing Virtual Teams, High-Performance Negotiation Skills for Women, and How Brainwriting can Neutralize the Loudmouths.
In addition, Thompson posts weekly best-practice videos on LinkedIn: Should you negotiate your job offer (in a pandemic)?, Should I make the opening offer or let them talk first?, The Art & Science of the Perfect Counter-Offer, No BATNA? Think again!, How to respond when they ask you about your BATNA?, The IDEAL Opening Offer?, Point Offer or Range Offer at the negotiation table, Negotiation Tennis: The How, When, and Why of Concession-Making, TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE??, So, you want a Raise? (what to do and what NOT to do...), How to use Leverage in Negotiation, Look for the Orange!, Are you Satisficing or Optimizing at the Negotiation Table?, Negotiating with you Valentine?!! and Why You Should Never Lie at the Negotiation table, among others.
- Negotiation
- creativity and innovation
- teamwork
- and virtual communication
- Negotiation
- high performance teamwork
- creativity
- emotional intelligence
- decision making
- virtual communication
- gender and negotiations
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PhD, 1988, Northwestern University
MA, 1984, University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, 1982, Northwestern University -
J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-present
Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, 1995-present
John L. & Helen Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Management and Organizations, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-2001
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1994-1995
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, 1988-1992
Adjunct Associate Professor, Management & Organization, School of Business, University of Washington, 1993-1995
Associate Professor of Psychology, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, 1992-1995 -
NCMR Best Article Award 2018, International Association for Conflict Management, 2018
Constructive Collaboration
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Navigating Workplace Conflict
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Negotiation Master Class
Take your negotiation skills from pro to master. In this NEW certificate program, you’ll learn from professor Leigh Thompson how to navigate the most challenging negotiations, from mergers and acquisitions to internal and external crises. You’ll leave this experiential program with a playbook and the skills necessary to negotiate in any situation.
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