Dr. Ichak Adizes is one of the world's leading experts on improving the performance of business and government by making fundamental changes without the chaos and destructive conflict that plague many efforts. Over the past 35 years he has worked with some of the largest commercial organizations in the world and has consulted to many heads of state. Dr. Adizes is the Founder and CEO of the Adizes Institute, which is a highly specialized change management organization that offers its services around the world with offices in the United States and 14 other countries.

Ichak is a noted lecturer and author. He lectures in English, Spanish, Hebrew and Serbian and has spoken in over 40 countries. His work has been featured in Inc. Magazine, Fortune, the New York Times, London Financial Times, Investor Relations Daily, Nation's Business and World Digest. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into 22 languages. His Corporate Lifecycles: How Organizations Grow and Die and What to Do About It (1988) is an well-regarded classic in management theory that was selected as one of the 10 Best Business Books by The Library Journal. A revised edition was published under the title Managing Corporate Lifecycles in 1999. Dr. Adizes' other books include the Pursuit of Prime (1996), Mastering Change: The Power of Mutual Trust and Respect in Personal Life, Family, Business and Society (1992), How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis (1979), and Self-Management (1975).

Dr. Adizes has a Ph.D. and M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Hebrew University.

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