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Strategic Leadership

Tichy & Devanna · 1986 · Dynamic Interaction

The transformational leader as driver of strategic change.

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Room I
The Person

Noel Tichy (b. 1945) of Michigan's Ross School ran General Electric's Crotonville leadership center under Jack Welch, turning it into the model corporate university. With Mary Anne Devanna he connected transformational leadership to strategic renewal — the leader as dramatist of organizational revitalization in three acts.

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The Idea in Context

Tichy and Devanna connected transformational leadership to strategic renewal: recognizing the need for revitalization, creating a new vision, and institutionalizing change.

The era: Dynamic Interaction — A dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in groups; emphasis on managing environmental cross points.

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The Big Idea
The Enduring Contribution
Bound leadership to strategy and large-scale organizational change.

The transformational leader as driver of strategic change.

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Landmark Works
1986
The Transformational Leader
Landmark Work
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Open Sky Lineage

Where this work feeds the Open Sky frameworks.

Thread · Leading Change
Lewin's unfreeze → Tichy's transformation → Kegan's immunity → Heifetz's adaptive challenge.
Open Sky Module: Leading Change →

Fellow travelers on these threads:

1946
Organization Development
2009
Immunity to Change
2009
Adaptive Leadership
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In Practice

Treat revitalization as a leadership act: name the need, craft the vision, institutionalize it.

Develop leaders who can teach — a teachable point of view scales.

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Reflection Gallery
What does your organization need to mourn before it can change?
What is your teachable point of view?
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Sources & Further Reading
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