"THE" HR Guru

I just completed conducting a 3-day training about "aligning human resource services with business needs" where I was reminded about the work of one whom I consider as perhaps THE guru in HR.

Dave Ulrich is Professor of Business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and co-founder of THE RBL Group. He is greatly sought after as a speaker, management coach and management consultant, who has been listed by HR Magazine countless times as their "most influential person in HR".

More importantly he has authored/co-authored many books that are almost mandatory reading for anyone planning a career in HR.

Some of these essential readings include:-

The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win,with Wendy Ulrich 2010

HR Transformation: Building Human Resources from the Outside In,with Justin Allen, Wayne Brockbank, Jon Younger, and Mark Nyman, 2009

HR Competencies: Mastery at the Intersection of People and Business,with Wayne Brockbank, Dani Johnson, Kurt Sandholtz, and Jon Younger, 2008

The HR Value Proposition with Wayne Brockbank, 2005

HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance
with Brian Becker and Mark Huselid, 2001

Human Resource Champions: The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results, 1997

Happy Reading!