Dave Ulrich

David Olson Ulrich
Born 1953
Ely, Nevada, USA
Alma mater Brigham Young University
UCLA
Occupation Professor,[1] Management Consultant, Author, Speaker

David Olson Ulrich (born 1953) is a university professor, author, speaker, management coach, and management consultant. Ulrich is a professor of business at the Ross School of Business,[1] University of Michigan and co-founder of The RBL Group.<.[2] He has written 23 books covering topics in human resources and leadership, including his latest book, The Why of Work [1]. Ulrich is currently on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller, a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources, and is on the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University.[3]

Ulrich emphasizes defining organizations through the capabilities they possess. His work has helped define and shape key capabilities such as change, learning, collaboration, accountability, talent, service, innovation, and efficiency. The outcomes of leadership and HR are the capabilities that an organization possesses that deliver value to customers, investors, and communities.

Although he has been involved in large-scale research projects, most of his writing is characterized by synthesizing complex ideas into frameworks and tools that executives can use. He is a well-traveled speaker, working with groups of all sizes where he is known for engaging the participants, helping to translate the ideas into actions that work for them. His motto is that good teaching is not what he knows, but how his knowledge helps participants do what they do better.

Dave Ulrich has been ranked the #1 Management Educator & Guru by BusinessWeek [4] , selected by Fast Company[5] as one of the 10 most innovative and creative leaders, and named the most influential person in HR by HR Magazine for three years.

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Early life and work

Ulrich was born in the small town of Ely, Nevada, but grew up in Oregon. His father worked as a forester building campgrounds, then transferred in order to direct social programs for Job Corps. His mother spent time in church and community service. From his parents, he learned the importance of service and the value of hard work. The Ulrich family lived subsequently in Kansas City, Missouri, where he attended high school.

Ulrich attended Brigham Young University where he completed his undergraduate degree in University Studies in five semesters and began graduate school in Organizational Behavior. He completed his doctorate in business at UCLA.

In 1982, Ulrich began teaching at the University of Michigan where he taught in the MBA program and in executive education. He currently teaches full time in Executive Education.

Research and career

Dave Ulrich’s professional focus has addressed questions on how organizations add value to customers and investors through both leadership and strategic human resource practices. In the human resource area, he and his colleagues have worked to redefine and upgrade HR. With his colleagues Wayne Brockbank and Jon Younger, Ulrich has articulated how the modern HR organization can be organized into shared services, centers of expertise, and business partners.[6] He has also co-directed research on over 40,000 respondents about the competencies required for successful HR professionals;[7] in addition, he has helped shape thinking on how to transform HR practices so that they are aligned to customer needs and integrated around organization capabilities.[8] In the leadership area, Norm Smallwood and Ulrich have worked to focus on the outcomes of effective leadership;[9] they have also shown how leadership will increase customer share by creating a leadership brand within the company.[10] Their work also illustrates that investing in leadership will increase shareholder value.[11] Their work also synthesizes the thicket of leadership competency models into a unified view of leadership.[12] Their current work attempts to look at leadership through the eyes and expectations of investors.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b The Ross School of Business
  2. ^ The RBL Group
  3. ^ , http://www.svu.edu/about/trustees.aspx 
  4. ^ Schneider, Mica (October 15, 2001), "Rating the Management Gurus", BusinessWeek, http://www.svu.edu/about/trustees.aspx 
  5. ^ Conley, Lucas (August 2005), "The Once and Future Consultant", Fast Company, http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/97/consultants.html 
  6. ^ Ulrich, Dave (2005), HR Value Proposition, Harvard Business School Press, http://marketplace.rbl.net/collections/publications/products/the-hr-value-proposition 
  7. ^ Ulrich, Dave (2008), HR Competencies, The Society for Human Resource Management, http://marketplace.rbl.net/collections/publications/products/hr-competencies 
  8. ^ Ulrich, Dave (2009), HR Transformation, The RBL Group 
  9. ^ Ulrich, Dave (1999), Results-Based Leadership, Harvard Business School Press, http://marketplace.rbl.net/collections/publications/products/results-based-leadership 
  10. ^ Ulrich, Dave (2007), Leadership Brand, Harvard Business School Press, http://marketplace.rbl.net/collections/publications/products/leadership-brand 
  11. ^ Ulrich, Dave (2003), How Leaders Build Value, John Wiley & Sons, http://marketplace.rbl.net/collections/publications/products/how-leaders-build-value 
  12. ^ Ulrich, Dave (2008), Leadership Code, Harvard Business Press, http://marketplace.rbl.net/collections/publications/products/the-leadership-code 

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