Richard Berlin
Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management Emory University, Goizueta Business School
- ATLANTA GA

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Before joining the Emory faculty, he held positions at Avanade, Accenture, Points of Light (formerly Hands On Network), Verso Technologies, Kaplan (a unit of The Washington Post), and Siegel & Wittes. While his résumé might suggest a certain restlessness, he prefers to call it "broad cross-sector experience."
Professor Berlin's teaching and research interests focus on linking strategy, organizational change and development, leadership, and team building. His consulting clients have ranged from the Fortune 50 to start-ups, including Best Buy, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chesapeake Energy, Kaiser Permanente, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, State of Ohio, TJX, and Wells Fargo.
Professor Berlin has made a career out of closing the gap between the brilliant plan and the part where someone actually has to do the work.
Education
Emory University Goizueta Business School
MBA
1992
University of Georgia School of Law
JD
1986
University of Georgia
BA
Political Science
1983
Areas of Expertise
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Learning Leadership by Doing: Inside the Leadership Development Fellows Course
Emory Business online
2026-02-22
In an era when employers increasingly prize self-aware, adaptive leaders, Goizueta’s Leadership Development Fellows (LDF) course offers Full-time MBA students a rare opportunity to practice leadership in real time—by leading, listening, and coaching others.
Layoffs Become a Leadership Test in Executive Education
Executive Courses online
2026-02-10
Business schools say managing job cuts with clarity, fairness and empathy is now a core leadership skill.
Awards Recognize Distinguished Members of Emory and Goizueta Faculty and Staff
Emory Business online
2024-07-05
Richard Berlin, associate professor in the practice of organization and management, was Goizueta Business School’s 2024 recipient of the Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Presented annually at commencement, the award recognizes faculty from Emory’s four undergraduate schools who demonstrate exceptional teaching and have a profound impact on students’ academic journeys.
The new CFO: How being chief financial officer can be the launchpad to the head office | Fortune
Fortune online
2023-02-13
It’s a good time to be a chief financial officer with designs on upward mobility.
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