Dave 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.

He studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources. He has helped generate award winning data bases that assess alignment between strategies, organization capabilities, HR practices, HR competencies, and customer and investor results.

As the keynote speaker at the Artof.HR conference will present his expertise on the following topics:

Future Trends, Talent and Meaning HR Transformation Global HR Competencies

He has published over 200 articles and book chapters and over 25 books. He edited Human Resource Management 1990-1999, served on editorial board of 4 Journals, on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller, and Board of Trustees at Southern Virginia University, and is a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources. His most recent awards include:

2013: Lifetime Leadership Award from the Leadership Forum at Silver Bay 2012: Lifetime Achievement Award from HR Magazine for being the “father of modern human resources” 2011: *Ranked #1 most influential international thought leader in HR by HR Magazine *Ranked #23 in Thinkers 50 as a management thought leader *Ranked in Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Leadership Behavior