Books by Dave Ulrich

BusinessWeek's #1 Management Educator and HR Guru Dave Ulrich presents a handbook of practical, workable solutions with step-by-step guidance for transforming HR departments to meet the unique strategic needs of businesses of the future.

#1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Dave Ulrich offers HR professionals a new line of defense in the corporate "war for talent."

What makes a great leader?It's a question that has been tackled by thousands. In fact, there are literally tens of thousands of leadership studies, theories, frameworks, models, and recommended best practices. But where are the clear, simple answers we need for our daily work lives? Are there any?Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, and Kate Sweetman set out to answer these questionsto crack the code of leadership. Drawing on decades of research experience, the authors conducted extensive interviews with a variety of respected CEOs, academics, experienced executives, and seasoned consultantsand heard the same five essentials repeated again and again. These five rules became The Leadership Code. In The Leadership Code, the authors break down great leadership into day-to-day actions, so that you know what to do Monday morning. Crack the leadership codeand take your leadership to the next level.

Looks at practices from companies on every continent, offering a survey of universal and regional HR dos and don'ts. Because new and developing global circumstances often require adaptability and changes in best practices, this book documents the decision and policymaking of some of the world's foremost, leading-edge HR practitioners.