Noel Tichy

Dr. Noel Tichy is a leading authority on management and leadership development. He is a professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the Ross School of Business and the director of the Global Business Partnership at the University of Michigan.

In the mid 1980s, Dr. Tichy was head of GE’s Leadership Center, the fabled Crotonville, where he led the transformation to action learning at GE. Between 1985 and 1987, he was Manager of Management Education for General Electric where he directed its worldwide development efforts at Crotonville.

Dr. Tichy conducts the Cycle of Leadership executive program at the University of Michigan. He has led the launch of the Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative in partnership with GE, Procter & Gamble, and 3M, designed to create a national model for partnership opportunities between business and society emphasizing free enterprise and democratic principles.

He has long been regarded as a staple of management literacy as noted by his rating as one of the "Top 10 Management Gurus" by BusinessWeek and Business 2.0. He is also the author of numerous books and articles, including Cycle of Leadership, Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls and The Leadership Engine. His most recent book, co-authored with Warren Bennis, is Succession: Mastering the Make or Break Process of Leadership Transition.

Dr. Tichy has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Business Strategy and was the founding editor and chief of Human Resource Management, co-authored with Warren Bennis. Additionally, he consults widely in both the private and public sectors. He is a senior partner in Action Learning Associates. Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, Tichy served for nine years on the Columbia University Business School faculty.