Ichak Adizes is the Founder and Professional Director of the Adizes Institute and creator of the methodology which bears his name. Adizes consults to both business and political leaders throughout the world in the field of conflict and change. The Adizes methodology for managing organizational change has been successfully used by more than 400 companies in a variety of industries and cultures ranging from Fortune 500's to mid-size and small entrepreneurial companies. Among them: the Bank of America, Domino's Pizza, Northrop Aviation, the Franklin Mint, Applied Materials and noted foreign corporations such as Israel's Elbit Computers, Greece's Gerolymatos S.A. and Brazil's Industria Villares.

As advisor of foreign governments, he has been consultant to the governments of Israel, Sweden, Greece, Brazil, Ghana,Iceland, Mexico and others.

Adizes is a noted lecturer and author. He lectures in 4 languages and has spoken in more than 35 countries. His work is consistently featured in leading magazines and newspapers, including Inc. Magazine, Fortune, Business Week, Manage and Executive World's Digest.

Adizes is the author of several works which have been translated into 17 languages. Corporate Lifecycles: How Organizations Grow and Die and What To Do About It (1988) is an acknowledged classic in management theory and practice translated into 10 languages. Others: Industrial Democracy Yugoslav Style (1971), Self Management (1975), How To Solve the Mismanagement Crisis (1979), his recent Mastering Change: The Power of Mutual Respect and Trust in Personal Life, Family, Business and Society (1992), and, many articles for professional journals and magazines.

He was awarded his Ph.D by Columbia University. Adizes has held appointments at Hebrew University (Israel), Tel Aviv University, Stanford University and Columbia University. He is Adjunct Associate Professor at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management.