Noel M. Tichy is an American

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. He has co-authored, edited or contributed to over 30 books. While teaching at the

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program at the

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), Tichy along with Jim Danko and Paul Danos, first instituted " the defining attribute" of the program: Multidisciplinary Action Projects in which students work on an actual corporate business issue. In 2009, the ''Washington Post'' named ''Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will'' which he co-authored with Stratford Sherman as one of the Top 10 leadership books. As the director of global development at GE's Crotonville,The Management Gurus: Lessons from the Best Management Books of All Time
By Chris Lauer from 1985–1987 he instituted the

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programs which helped make it "one of the premiere corporate learning centers in the world." He has been named one of the top "Management Gurus". He is an advocate of leaders being teachers as well as managers. He is the co-author along with

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'' review stated that they "write about 'empowering frontline people,' but they seem hung up on finding that single Great Leader. " His book ''Succession'' says that most organization's leadership succession plans are merely check-the-box activities which are not appropriately executed and outlines seven common failures. The ''New York Times'' says that his book is "sometimes angry" and uses case studies to make his points. Tichy has been an adviser for over 30 CEO transitions, including

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. Tichy is a professor at the

Business School. He has an undergraduate degree from

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(1986) and graduates and Ph.D. from

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. He taught at Yale in 1972 and was a professor at Columbia University from 1972-1980 before becoming a professor at the University of Michigan in 1981.

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* ''Organization design for primary health care: The case of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center'' (Praeger special studies in U.S. economic, social, and political issues) (1977), Praeger * ''Managing Strategic Change: Technical, Political, and Cultural Dynamics'' (1983), John Wiley & Sons, * ''Strategic Human Resource Management'' – with Charles Fombrun and Anne Devanna (1984), Wiley, * ''The Transformational Leader'' – with Mary Anne Devanna, (1990) Wiley, * ''Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will'' – with Stratford Sherman (1993), HarperCollins, * ''Globalizing Management: Creating and Leading the Competitive Organization'' – with Vladimir Pucik and Carole K. Barnett (1993), Wiley, * ''Control Destiny: Reengineer a Corporation'' (1994), HarperCollins Publishers, * ''The Leadership Engine'' – with Eli Cohen (1997) * ''Corporate Global Citizenship: Doing Business in the Public Eye'' – with Andrew R. McGill and Lynda St. Clair (1997), Lexington Books, * ''The Ethical Challenge: How to Lead with Unyielding Integrity'' – with Andrew McGill (2003), John Wiley & Sons, * ''Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls'' – with

Warren Bennis Warren Gamaliel Bennis (March 8, 1925 – July 31, 2014) was an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies.American management consultants Living people Ross School of Business faculty Columbia University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)