NAVIGATING CHANGE FOR GROWTH

Derric Lookenbill, director of Dealer Development at Kubota, shares how he plans to help educate his team to become better leaders and managers with the leadership concepts he learned while attending Emory Executive Education’s Navigating Change for Growth.

Karl has built a career centered on growing executive talent. His expertise spans leadership development and assessment, decision-making AI, organizational change and development, and survey design and evaluation. Karl’s approach eclipses typical coursework by accelerating leaders’ maturation in how they see themselves and others, enabling them to become better leaders. He brings diverse consulting expertise – international companies, nonprofits, and government – into the classroom, helping leaders foster stronger teams and develop more productive cultures.

Richard Berlin is an associate professor in the practice of Organization & Management at Goizueta Business School. His experience includes a successful track record with self-funded businesses, venture capital businesses, public companies, and nonprofits. Before working at Goizueta, he was the North America Market Lead for Change Enablement at a division of Accenture. He was responsible for developing, managing, and delivering client engagements related to managing change, developing leaders, and creating strategy. Richard worked with various including Novartis, Kaiser Permanente, TJX, ConocoPhillips, Best Buy, Dell, Nissan, AT&T, The Coca-Cola Company, Kimberly Clark, and many other Fortune 500 clients.

Karen Golden-Biddle is an award-winning researcher whose studies reveal the often-overlooked practice of discovery. As an inventive process, discovery helps leaders leverage the unexpected for transformative change. Karen’s work has appeared in journals such as Organization Science and the Academy of Management Journal. Her book (2024), The Untapped Power of Discovery: How to Create Change that Inspires a Better Future, equips leaders to cultivate a practice of discovery. In recognition of Karen’s contribution to the science and practice of management, she was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Management. Karen earned her undergraduate degree from Denison University, and a PhD and MBA from Case Western Reserve University. She is Professor of Management and Organizations, emerita and Faculty Fellow of the Human Resources Policy Institute at Questrom School of Business.