David Ulrich
Leading Authority on Leadership and Human Resources
David Ulrich is Professor of Business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and the Co-Director of Michigan’s Human Resource Executive Program. His teaching and research address the question: How do people create organizations that add value to customers? Dave Ulrich studies how organizations change, build capabilities, learn, remove boundaries and leverage human resources activities. Professor Ulrich also studies organization capabilities of talent, speed, collaboration, accountability, and leadership. He has helped generate multiple award winning data bases that assess alignment between strategies, human resource practices and HR competencies.
Dave Ulrich has been ranked the “#1 Management Educator & Guru” by BusinessWeek, selected by Fast Company as one of the “10 Most Innovative and Creative Leaders”, and named “The Most Influential Person in HR” by HR Magazine for three years.
Dave Ulrich has written over a dozen books covering topics in HR and Leadership including Tomorrow’s (HR) Management, Human Resource Champions, Results Based Leadership, The Leadership Code and HR Transformation: Building Human Resources from the Outside In.
David Ulrich’s work has received multiple awards connected with his expertise and breadth of knowledge concerning the correlation between strategies, HR practices, and HR competencies of organizations.
Leadership Sustainability
Leadership Sustainability helps you turn good intentions into effective actions by mastering seven critical disciplines. The journey to great leadership doesn’t end with learning and implementing effective new skills. Great leadership is about consistency, and the drive for consistency is a never-ending process. Use Leadership Sustainability to ensure leadership greatness today, tomorrow, and for the rest of your life.
HR From the Outside In
HR From the Outside In provides an intriguing look at the next horizon for HR, and our role in providing insights, innovative practices and building capabilities that ensure and enhance business success. By being ‘plugged in’ to the external market, understanding stakeholder needs and macro-trends and creating aligned solutions through powerful partnerships, HR is in a unique position to both influence and drive the organizational change agenda.
The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Create Abundant Organizations to Deliver Value
How do great leaders create, for themselves and others, a sense of abundance (meaning, purpose, hope, pleasure) that not only engages employees but delivers value to customers, investors, and communities?
The Leadership Code
All managers aspire to be better leaders — but what is it that makes a leader effective? “The Leadership Code” synthesizes the best research and practice from the past 50 years to answer that question. Dave present 5 rules for great leadership applied to day–to–day actions.