"Effective leaders get results."

Dr. Ulrich was ranked second on Executive Excellence Publishing's 2005 Best in Leadership Development list. In 2001, BusinessWeek honored him as "The Top Management Guru."

Dr. Ulrich has published over 90 articles and book chapters. In addition to Results-Based Leadership: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line (with Norm Smallwood and Jack Zenger, 1999), Dr. Ulrich has written many books, including:

• The HR Value Proposition (with Wayne Brockbank, 2005)
• The Future of Human Resource Management: 64 Thought Leaders Explore the Critical HR Issues of Today and Tomorrow (with Mike Losey and Sue Meisinger, 2005)
• Why the Bottom Line ISN'T!: How to Build Value Through People and Organization (with Norm Smallwood, 2003)
• Human Resource Champions: The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results (1997)
• The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance (with Brian Becker and Mark Huselid, 2001)

What a delight to collaborate with you to prepare materials that will helps leaders develop their brand and improve their performance. Someone has said that ideas are more powerful than the sword and you help shape ideas in ways that have impact. It is a gift to extract key ideas and turn them into impact. You do this by creating exercises, summarizing ideas, and translating abstract concepts into practical tools. Thanks for your great work and exceptional results. Thank you for the value you create.

Sincerely,

Dave Ulrich