/ Articles by Dave Ulrich - Guest Contributor
Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert 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. He edited Human Resource Management (1990-1999), served on the editorial board of four other journals, and on the board of directors for Herman Miller. Dave 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 of the National Academy of Human Resources.
The Value of Values: How HR Creates Value for Individuals, Leaders, Organizations
Published February 6, 2023
Value and values are not the same, but when combined they are complementary. When we understand the value of values, we focus our values on the value they create for others.
Certainty in the Face of Business Uncertainty
Published December 6, 2022
Uncertainty persists in so many areas of our personal and professional lives. Many (including myself and my colleagues) have explored how to harness uncertainty by taming apprehensions, focusing on the future, experimenting, remaining nimble, and seeking out creative people.
Building Human Capability as the Future of HR
Published November 10, 2022
In 2008-09, the widespread crisis was an economic and financial crisis known as the Great Recession. A decade later, 2020-22 have brought more widespread and turbulent crises, including a pandemic, changed work approaches, a shifting job landscape, and a potential recession.
A Playbook for Company Culture Transformation: Why, What, and How
Published August 24, 2022
The study of culture is not new. In a classic book, anthropologists A. L. Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn identified 164 definitions of culture…in 1952! The study of organizational culture has also received enormous attention with the classic maxim: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Although Peter Drucker didn't actually say this, he and many others have clearly supported this notion, with over 100 books published in recent years that attempt to redefine culture—for example, Culture Code, Culture Wins, Culture Decoded, Culture is King…and so forth.