The international best seller Human Resource Champions helped set the HR agenda for the 1990s and enabled HR professionals to become strategic partners in their organizations. But earning a seat at the executive table was only the beginning. Today's HR leaders must also bring substantial value to that table. Drawing on their 16-year study of over 29,000 HR professionals and line managers, leading HR experts Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank propose The HR Value Proposition.
The authors argue that HR value creation requires a deep understanding of external business realities and how key stakeholders both inside and outside the company define value. Ulrich and Brockbank provide practical tools and worksheets for leveraging this knowledge to create HR practices, build organizational capabilities, design HR strategy, and marshal resources that create value for customers, investors, executives, and employees. Written by the field's premier trailblazers, this book charts the path HR professionals must take to help lead their organizations into the future.
David Ulrich is co-founder of the RBL Group and professor of business at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He's ranked number one as a management educator guru by Business Week. He was selected by Fast Company as one of the ten most innovative and creative leaders. He has been named the most influential person in the HR field by the U.K. HR magazine four out of the last five years and was most recently listed number 31 on the Thinker's 50 global ranking of business gurus. He's written 20 books covering topics in HR and leadership, including The Leadership Code and HR Transformation.
