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Richard Berlin

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management

  • ATLANTA GA UNITED STATES
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Richard Berlin received his JD from the University of Georgia School of Law and practiced law before he saw the error of his ways and then earned his MBA from Emory University in 1992.

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.

Awards: 2024 Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award

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

Leadership
Management Consulting
Organizational Change and Development
Strategy
Team Building

In the News

Atlanta instructors on executive education's evolution

Atlanta Business Chronicle  online

2026-07-13

Executive education is evolving to emphasize practical, immediately applicable skills and greater fluency with artificial intelligence. This article features insights from Richard Berlin of Emory, Yan Jin of UGA, and Briana Stenard of Mercer on how programs are adapting to leaders’ changing needs.

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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.

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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.

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