• The importance of leaders creating a leadership storyline for the company that will guide all needs for judgment that arise
• The three domains of calls that leaders must make
• The three phases of the judgment process
• Why judgment is so much more than simply decision making
• How great leaders take advantage of redo loops that are built into each phase of the decision making process

A leading authority on management and leadership development, Dr. Noel Tichy is a professor of Management and Organization at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Currently, Noel conducts the CYCLE OF LEADERSHIP executive program at the University of Michigan.

Noel has long been regarded as a staple of management literacy as noted by his rating as one of the "Top 10 Management Gurus" by Business Week and Business 2.0. He is also the author of numerous books and articles, including Cycle of Leadership and The Leadership Engine. His most recent book, coauthored with Warren Bennis, is Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls.

The former head of General Electric Co.'s famed leadership development center, Crotonville, Noel led the transformation to action learning at GE and has worked with CEOs around the world to develop leadership development capacity. He was also manager of Management Education for GE, where he directed its worldwide development efforts.