David Ulrich

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David Ulrich is an outstanding expert and speaker on Leadership and Human Factor, He is considered one of the most influential personalities in the field by the prestigious Thinkers 50 list.

David Ulrich is a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. Ulrich studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources. He has helped generate award-winning databases that assess alignment between strategies, organization capabilities, HR practices, HR competencies, and customer and investor results.

David Ulrich has published over 200 articles and book chapters and over 30 books. He has spoken to large audiences in 90 countries, performed workshops for over half of the Fortune 200 and coached successful business leaders. Ulrich was the editor of Human Resource Management Journal from 1990 to 1999, has served on the editorial board of 4 other journals, and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.

In 2012, David Ulrich was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from HR Magazine for being the “father of modern human resources”. Other honours awarded to him include Management Thought Leader in Thinkers 50, Nobel’s Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking, one of the 10 most innovative and creative leaders by Fast Company as well as his ranks as the #1 most influential international thought leader in Human Resources by HR Magazine and #1 Management Educator and Guru by BusinessWeek.

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