An Interview with Noel Tichy based on a Leadership Teachable Point of View
Noel M. Tichy, Ph.D. is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan. As director of the University's Global Leadership Program, he oversees a 36-company consortium of Japanese, European and North American companies who are partnered to develop senior executives and conduct action in research on globalization. He also directs the Global Business Partnership which links global companies and research centers in North America, Japan, and Europe. Noel is rated as one of the "Top 10 Management Gurus" by BusinessWeek and Business 2.0. We had the good fortune of meeting Noel at the Human Capital Summit in Chicago.
Tichy is the former head of GE's fabled Crotonville Leadership Center, where he leads the transformation to action learning. In partnership with Eli Cohen, he has entered into an alliance with Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Center of Excellence in Change Management to establish a new transformational leadership service called Leaders Developing Leaders.
He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Human Resource Management Journal.
Formerly Dr. Tichy was Manager of Management Education for General Electric where he directed its worldwide development efforts at Crotonville between 1985 and 1987. Prior to joining the Michigan Faculty he served for nine years on the Columbia University Business School Faculty.
Tichy consults widely in both the business and private sectors. He is a senior partner in Action Learning Associaates. His clients have included: Ameritech, AT&T, Mercedes-Benz, BellSouth, CIBA-GEIGY, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, Exxon, General Electric, General Motors, Honeywell, Hitachi, Imperial Chemical Inc., IBM, NEC, Northern Telecom, Nomura Securities and 3M.
Dr. Tichy is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Ethical Challenge, The Cycle of Leadership, and The Leadership Engine, a bestseller that was named one of the top ten business />
books in 1997 by BusinessWeek. In his most recent book, The Ethical Challenge, Tichy brings together essays by prominent authors presenting a 'Teachable Point of View' about business ethics that will help all leaders within an organization. The Cycle of Leadership and The Leadership Engine demonstrate how to create knowledge exchange and virtuous teaching cycles to improve leadership performance. Drawing from the examples of winning companies, Tichy provides thoughtful, solid and, most importantly, actionable answers on how to develop the leaders that will be critical to success in the 21st century.
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