Lawrence H. Peters

Larry Peters is Professor of Management & Leadership Development in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Purdue University. Dr. Peters teaches MBA, PMBA and Executive MBA courses in organizational effectiveness, leadership, change, and consulting.

Dr. Peters has been the recipient of four university-level teaching awards. Most recently, he was the 2010 recipient of TCU’s Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. In addition, he was the recipient of the 2001 Dean’s Award, 2005 Neeley School Award for Curriculum Innovations for his work in creating a new undergraduate leadership program, the 2006 Neeley School Graduate Teaching Award, and the 2012 Award for Curriculum Innovation for his work in co-creating a consulting program in the MBA program. He was honored as an MBA Favorite Professor in 2013.

He has co-authored two books and was Senior Editor of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management. He is currently writing a new book, called The Simple Truths About Leadership: Turning Your People into Your Partners. He has published over 60 articles and chapters in leading journals and books, and his research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Air Force, and several major business organizations. He was voted to Fellow status in both the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science for career contributions to scholarship.

Professionally, Dr. Peters is founder and President of LH Peters & Associates, LLC. He has provided consulting, coaching, custom training design, training, meeting design, facilitation, and applied research services to business, non-profit and government organizations. He has worked extensively in the organizational development, change, leadership development, and interpersonal communications areas. He was a preferred provider to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics from 1996 to 1999, where he consulted as part of a major culture change initiative that helped LM Aero land the Joint Strike Fighter contract. He was a Field Partner with Covey-Link and is a Principal Associate of VitalSmarts. He has brought their offerings (Speed of Trust, Crucial Conversations Crucial Confrontations, Influencer, and Change Anything) to client companies throughout the world. He has served client training needs in the U.S., Europe, Australia, Singapore, and India.

Dr. Peters headed the Neeley School’s outreach leadership development efforts from 2002-2006, designing, managing and teaching in several successful leadership programs for national and international client companies. His client list includes Alcon Laboratories, Alliance Data, Bell Helicopter, Ben E. Keith Foods, First Command Financial, Ford Motor Company, GTE, HKS, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Lockheed Martin Missile & Fire Control, Loyalty One, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, McNeil Nutritionals, NASA, Nestle, Inc., Sabre Holdings, Southwest Bank, Sun Microsystems, Sprint PCS, Texas Bank, TTI, and XTO Energy.

Contact information - Email: Larry@SimpleTruthsLeadership.com