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David Olson Ulrich is a university professor, author, speaker, management coach, and management consultant. Ulrich is a professor of business at the Ross School of Business

Ross School of Business

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan. Numerous publications have ranked the Ross School of Business' Bachelor of Business Administration , Master of Business Administration and Executive Education programs among the top in the country and the...

, University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

and co-founder of The RBL Group.<. He has written 23 books covering topics in human resources

Human resources

Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...

and leadership, including his latest book, The Why of Work http://www.thewhyofwork.com. Ulrich is currently on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller

Herman Miller (office equipment)

Herman Miller, Inc., based in Zeeland, Michigan, is a major American manufacturer of office furniture and equipment, as well as furniture for the home. It is notable as one of the first companies to produce modern furniture and, under the guidance of Design Director George Nelson, is likely the...

, a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources, and is on the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University

Southern Virginia University

Southern Virginia University is a liberal arts college located in Buena Vista, Virginia that promotes standards and values of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while not being owned nor operated by the Church...

.

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
BusinessWeek
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, selected by Fast Company

Fast Company (magazine)

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as one of the 10 most innovative and creative leaders, and named the most influential person in HR

Human resources

by HR Magazine for three years.

Early life and work

Ulrich was born in the small town of Ely, Nevada

Ely, Nevada

Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906...

, but grew up in Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. His father worked as a forester building campgrounds, then transferred in order to direct social programs for Job Corps

Job Corps

Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free-of-charge education and vocational training to youth ages 16 to 24.-Mission and purpose:...

. 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

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

, where he attended high school.

Ulrich attended Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

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

University of Michigan

where he taught in the MBA program and in executive education. He currently teaches full time in Executive Education

Executive Education

Executive Education refers to academic programs at leading graduate-level business schools worldwide for executives, business leaders and functional managers. These programs are non-credit and non-degree granting...

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. He has also co-directed research on over 40,000 respondents about the competencies required for successful HR professionals; 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. In the leadership area, Norm Smallwood and Ulrich have worked to focus on the outcomes of effective leadership; they have also shown how leadership will increase customer share by creating a leadership brand within the company. Their work also illustrates that investing in leadership will increase shareholder value. Their work also synthesizes the thicket of leadership competency models into a unified view of leadership.
Their current work attempts to look at leadership through the eyes and expectations of investors.

2009

Listed in Thinkers 50 as management thought leader
Listed as the most influential person in HR by HR Magazine

2007

Listed as the most influential person in HR by HR Magazine.
Awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Workplace Learning and Performance by the American Society for Training and Development.
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from University of Abertay Dundee in Scotland for outstanding achievements in business strategy and research.

2000

George Petitpas Memorial Award from World Federation of Personnel Management for lifetime contributions to human resource profession.
Listed in Forbes as one of the "world's top five" business coaches.
Society of Human Resource Management Book of the Year award for Results-Based Leadership.

1998

Award for Professional Excellence for lifetime contributions for intellectual leadership of the profession from Society for Human Resource Management.
International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment lifetime achievement award.
Employment Management Associ

1997

Warner W. Stockberger Achievement Award by International Personnel Management Association to "recognize an individual in private or public life who has made a contribution toward improvement of public personnel management at any level of government."

1995

The Pro Meritus Award from the Employment Management Association for "outstanding contribution to the human resources field."

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