Ichak Kalderon Adizes ( ) is a

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business consultant and former tenured professor.

Early life

Ichak Adizes was born in

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. As a Jewish child during

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, he hid in

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as a Muslim for protection. The story was documented in a film entitled ''I Want To Remember, He Wants To Forget''. In 1948, Adizes moved with his family to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, where he served in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

. After completing his undergraduate education, he moved to the United States in 1963, where he obtained a doctorate degree in business from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Career

From 1967 to 1982 Adizes was a tenured professor at

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, then at

Stanford Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

and Columbia University's executive programs. Adizes founded the Adizes Institute, which is based in

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.Donelan, Charles (February 16, 2012
"Pianist Ratimir Martinović at SBCC"
''Santa Barbara Independent''. Retrieved July 1, 2019. He is well known in the corporate world for developing the PAEI management model in early 1970s, that categorizes managers into four key roles Producer, Administrator, Entrepreneur and Integrator. Adizes was named as one of the top communicators in the world alongside Pope Francis, Dalai Lama, Angela Merkel as per the 2017 Holmes Report.

Bibliography

Adizes has authored several books on corporate management: * Corporate Lifecycles: How and why Corporations Grow and Die and what to Do about it * The Pursuit of Prime * Mastering Change – Introduction to Organizational Therapy *The Ideal Executive *Managing Corporate Lifecycles: How organizations Grow, Age and Die *Management/Mismanagement Styles *How to solve the Mismanagement Crisis *The Ideal Executive *Leading the Leaders *How to Manage in times of Crisis *From Stuckness to Growth *The Power of Opposites *Conversations with CEOs

Personal life

Adizes is married to Nurit Manne Adizes. They have six children and live in

Carpinteria, California Carpinteria (; es, Carpintería, meaning "Carpentry") is a small seaside city in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California, it had a population of 13,264 at the 2020 U ...

. He plays the

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Children

Atalia Omer, Topaz Adizes, Shoham Adizes, Nimrod Omer, Cnaan Hamburger, Sapphire Adizes.

References

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