The Cycle of Leadership (Review and Analysis of Tichy and Cardwell's Book)

Book Presentation:

The Cycle Of Leadership

by Noel Tichy and Nancy Cardwell

Book Abstract

About the Author

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Summary of The Cycle of Leadership (Noel Tichy and Nancy Cardwell)

1. The Business Case For Teaching Organizations

2. How to Build a Teaching Organization

3. The Key Issues For Teaching Organizations

Book Presentation:

The Cycle Of Leadership

by Noel Tichy and Nancy Cardwell

Book Abstract

MAIN IDEA

The key commercial challenge of the 21st century is to add value by consistently developing new ways to delight customers. To achieve that on an ongoing basis, organizations must keep getting smarter every day. Raising the collective intelligence of the business enterprise is best achieved by creating an effective internal teaching-and-learning environment – where everyone at all I levels of the organization is both a teacher (of what they already know) and a student (of new insights and ideas).

In other words, the key to winning in the knowledge-based economy of the future is to build a solid teaching organization around interactive two-way teaching cycles – where the business leaders become teachers imparting their experience and knowledge while at the same time taking notice of and learning from the insights of the people who are at the front-lines of interacting with customers. The mechanism by which this learning-teaching takes place is called the virtuous teaching cycle.

Many highly successful business enterprises have already embedded virtuous teaching cycles into the DNA of their organizations. Everyone who aspires to compete against them in the future will need to do the same.

About the Author

NOEL TICHY is professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the University of Michigan’s School of Business. He served previously on the faculty of the Columbia University Business School and as manager of management education