Peter Topping

Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Organization & Management Emory University, Goizueta Business School

  • Atlanta GA

Senior member of the leadership faculty, executive coach and human capital/talent management consultant

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Peter is Professor in the Practice of Organization and Management at the Roberto C. Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta. In this role, Peter teaches courses in Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Team Dynamics, and Ethics across the School’s MBA programs, including the fulltime, Evening, and Executive MBA formats. Peter has a secondary faculty appointments in Emory’s School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Previously, Peter had visiting professor appointments in Emory's Law School; at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico’s leading business school; at EM Lyon, one of France’s major business schools; and as an Associated Faculty Member with the Nonprofit Studies Program in the Andrew Young School of Policy and International Studies at Georgia State University. Peter coaches leaders at a broad range of organizations, including Intercontinental Hotels Group, iVision, Mailchimp, Emory School of Medicine, and Zapier.

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PhD

Education

1989

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MEd

Educational Psychology

1977

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BA

Psychology

1976

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Effectiveness
Leadership Development
Leading Remote Teams
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
Leading Organizational Change
Organizational Culture

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Atlanta reacts to retirement of Equifax CEO

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2017-09-26

“You can build trust over years and lose it very fast when it kind of falls out of your grasp and how you recover from that says a lot to the public.”

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Transforming VA presents huge challenge, leadership test for new Secretary Robert McDonald, management experts say

AJC.com  online

2014-11-12

Professor Topping is quoted in this article for AJC.com

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Why Emory sends its MBAs to a U.S. Army base for training

Fortune  online

2014-07-18

Professor Topping is featured in this article for Fortune.

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