{"id":21897,"date":"2013-06-18T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=21897"},"modified":"2014-12-16T13:35:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T18:35:30","slug":"leadership-pioneer-tichy-encourages-students-to-get-out-and-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2013\/06\/leadership-pioneer-tichy-encourages-students-to-get-out-and-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership pioneer Tichy encourages students to \u201cget out and get involved.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to developing leadership skills, experience may be the best teacher.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21902\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tichy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21902 \" title=\"tichy\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tichy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noel M. Tichy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGet out in the field. Become involved and stay involved,\u201d said Noel M. Tichy, professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan. He spoke as part of The Leadership Lectures series presented by <a href=\"http:\/\/lead.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for Leadership<\/a> at Florida International University (FIU).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplore your own qualities as leaders by being part of business opportunities,\u201d he told the standing-room-only group of 160 people, gathered in the FIU\u2019s College of Business Complex on June 4, 2013. \u201cGetting involved in solving social problems is often the best way of discovering your leadership style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Modesto Maidique, president emeritus of FIU and executive director of FIU\u2019s Center for Leadership, introduced Tichy as \u201cone of the top five leadership scholars in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Long before it was popular, Tichy was a pioneer in taking leaders abroad, to explore business opportunities as well as economic and social challenges. He is known for bringing this leadership concept to General Electric\u2019s Crotonville, the oldest corporate university in America.<\/p>\n<p>His philosophy motivated him in the early 1990s to challenge all 481 new MBA candidates at Michigan to do community service. He reported to the audience that 80 percent still do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut people in situations where they have to make judgments and then give them feedback,\u201d he said, adding that it\u2019s still important to do the fundamental intellectual work to get ready and then report on what you\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leaders are responsible for developing leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Tichy, co-author of <em>Judgment on the Front Line: How Smart Companies Win by Trusting Their People<\/em>, stressed the importance of passing on leadership skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough experience, you\u2019ll develop your own teachable point of view to pass to others,\u201d he said. \u201cAny good leader is responsible for developing the next generation of leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This lecture included a lively question and answer session and an exercise during which participants worked in pairs to articulate their values and teachable points of view. He also signed books for many in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The Leadership Lectures are sponsored by Mercantil Commercebank.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">[set_id=72157633953090737]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to developing leadership skills, experience may be the best teacher. \u201cGet out in the field. Become involved and stay involved,\u201d said Noel M. Tichy, professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan. 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