Profile of Dr. Adizes
During his 40 years of his professional career, Dr Adizes has achieved world recognition in three fields of management. In the 1960”s he was recognized as a leader in the field of workers participation in decision making (self management, industrial democracy, cooperative management). In the 1969 he established the first graduate program in the world in the field of Management of Performing Arts (opera, theater, music). Since 1975 he has developed the leading methodology for managing organizational change about which he has lectured in fifty two countries.
Dr. Adizes is one of the worlds leading experts on improving the performance of business and government by making fundamental change without the chaos and destructive conflict that plague many efforts.
He is the academic Dean of the Adizes Graduate School for the study of Leadership and Change, which he established in 1994.
The methodology that bears his name had helped organizations in a variety of countries to achieve results and gain leadership positions in industries ranging from banking to food service, and in organizations as different as churches and governments.
Dr. Adizes introduced his philosophy in one of his early books “How to solve the Mismanaging Crisis”. This book has been translated to 22 languages and became a bestseller in several countries. As he continued to develop his philosophy, Dr Adizes wrote and published additional 10 books, which have been extensively translated and published in more then 50 editions and twenty six languages..
Dr Adizes classic work, Corporate Lifecycles, was selected as one of the 10 best Business Books by the Library Journal and Executive Excellence magazine selected him in the top 30 thought leaders of the top 100 of America.
Dr. Adizes clients in the last forty years:
Television Azteka ( Mexico)
Volvo (Sweden)
Applied Materials (USA)
Aedgar Energy (Norway)
Domino’s Pizza (USA)
Israeli Air Force
Subaru of America
US Navy
Governments of (Prime Minister or Cabinet level consulting ) : Ghana, Macedonia, Greece, Sweden, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Montenegro.
He got recognitions in several fields: Eight Honorary Doctorates, One honorary citizenship and the rank of honorary mayor from the Israeli defense forces.
Testimonials about the Adizes Methodology
" Dr. Adizes theory and practical methodology, which I have been practicing for 10 years, has been one of the reasons that we grew from $ 12 million in sales to over $750 million in 10 years”
" The Adisez Methodology …..has been a major contributor to our success. In the 10 years that we have worked with Adizes ,our capitalization has grown from $ 261 to $ 3.5 billion, making us one of larges corporations of the continent”
" The U.S. foreign policy world – as well as the international community as whole – world benefit greatly from a deeper understanding of Ichak Adizes insights and theories. ”
" Your Methodology appears very useful in many situations that arise in the process of political decision-making and your approach to problem solving is a tool that I am sure many people in political life will find helpful. “
" Everything I have learned about management I learned from two people : Peter Drucker and Ichak Adizes “
" Adizes should be taught in the first year in every university."
" Adizes is one of the truly great innovators of our times. He cuts through pretentious management principles to get to the core of what it takes to bring about effective change in organizations."