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Dave Ulrich on calculating the market value of leadership: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Collegiate Professor of Business Administration 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.

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Best Leadership Books of 2010

Leading Blog

The Why of Work : How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win by David Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2009. Denial : Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Faceā€”and What to Do About It by Richard S. Hero : The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda.

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

My friends, David Ulrich and Norm Smallwood have discussed how this same process can be applied to corporate managers who develop their own brands as leaders (BusinessWeek.com, 10/2/07). In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Life is good.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009). By David Ulrich. Dave Ulrich is considered the #1 most influential international thought leader in HR. In this book, Ulrich lays out the role of the “strategic partner” and challenges HR professionals to define the value they create.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here's whats currently on my Kindle Living Organized by Felton When God Breaks your Heart by Underwood What Got you Here won't get you there by Goldsmith Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense … – Pfeffer & Sutton The Voice New Testament Lead Your Boss by Baldoni StrengthsFinder 2.0

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Why Doesn't HR Lead Change?

Harvard Business Review

In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St. I asked dozens of people who are in HR or in process improvement to share examples of HR change leaders, and I only found a few. Though it's rare, here's an indicator of what is possible. Others say that HR is under-utilized.

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Leadership Basics | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

" This point really came home to me while reading, "The Leadership Code," By Ulrich and Smallwood. Or, as you say, "leadership is a process of becoming." " I think Maxwell said, "Leaders are learners." One of the chapters is titled, "Invest in yourself."

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