Dave Ulrich

Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group (http://www.rbl.net) a consulting firm focused on building human capability that creates value for all stakeholders.  He has published over 200 articles and book chapters and over 30 books. He edited Human Resource Management for ten years, served on editorial board of four other journals and on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller (16 years), has spoken to large audiences in 90 countries; performed workshops for over half of the Fortune 200; coached successful business leaders, and is a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources. He posts weekly and comments daily on LinkedIn. 

 

Organization.  With co-authors, he has influenced thinking about modern organizations (Reinventing the Organization) by empirically showing how organization delivers four times business results over talent (Victory Through Organization), defined organizations as bundles of capabilities (Organization Capability) and worked to delineate capabilities of talent management (Why of Work; Talent Accelerator), culture change (GE Workout), learning (Learning Organization Capability), and collaboration (Boundaryless Organization). 

 

With colleagues, he has also articulated the basics of effective leadership (Leadership Code and Results Based Leadership), connected leadership with customers (Leadership Brand), shown how leadership delivers market value (Why the Bottom Line Isn’t), shapes investor expectations with an ability to measure leadership (Leadership Capital Index), and synthesized ways to ensure that leadership aspirations turn into actions (Leadership Sustainability). 

 

Human Resources.He and his colleagues have shaped the HR profession and he has been called the “father of modern HR” and “HR thought leader of the decade” by focusing on HR outcomes, governance, competencies, and practices (HR Champions; HR Value Added; HR Transformation; HR Competencies; HR Outside In).  He spearheaded a “gift” book on the future of HR (The Rise of HR) distributed to over 1,500,000 HR professionals), in which 70 thought leaders freely shared their insights.

 

He posts articles (over 200) and newsletter (https://lnkd.in/gbRqJHkW) on Linkedin weekly.

 

Honors include:

2024    *I4CP industry legend award

            *Linkedin Top Voice (300 out of 1 billion users)

            *#2 global HR influencer out of 50 by PeopleBox https://lnkd.in/dhCmuYKb

*#10 USA most important people in management by Academic Influence https://academicinfluence.com/people?ranking=usa&discipline=management#search-results

Other notables (#1 Edward Deming, #4 Jeff Pfeffer, #5 Warren Bennis, #7 Peter Drucker #11 Jay Galbraith)

*Patron of the Dave Ulrich HR Excellence Award sponsored by Indian Institute of Social Welfare (IISWBM)

*Listed as one of the top100 inspirational global leaders by https://globalleaderstoday.online/global-100-inspirational-leaders-2023/

#5 (out of 200) thought leader in leadership by LeadersHum

*#12 of 20 of leadership thought leaders by Thinkers360