Ever Heard of Dave Ulrich?
Ever heard of Dave Ulrich? A professor of business administration at University of Michigan, he has just been rated the most influential HR (Human Resources) practitioner in the world. Read the article in the British HR magazine here. The list was produced from names submitted by readers - and then ranked by the top 100 themselves. The Top 25 are listed below. Thanks to Tom Peters (listed at number 22) whose blog provided the link to the article. I see Chris Bones, the principal of my alma mater, Henley Management College in England, is also listed (at number 15.) Several other instantly recognizable names, too.
01. DAVE ULRICH - professor of business administration, University of Michigan
02. NEIL RODEN - group director HR, Royal Bank of Scotland
03. CHARLES HANDY - writer, broadcaster and lecturer
04. WILL HUTTON - chief executive, The Work Foundation
05. CLARE CHAPMAN - Group HR Director, Tesco
06. JIM COLLINS - Business researcher, teacher and author of 'Built to Last' and 'Good to Great'
07. LYNDA GRATTON - associate professor of management practice, London Business School
08. HENRY MINTZBERG - Professor of Management Studies, McGill University, Montreal
09. VANCE KEARNEY - Vice-President HR, Oracle EMEA
10. PETER SENGE - Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
11. SIR DIGBY JONES - director general, Confederation of British Industry
12. CARY COOPER - professor of organisational psychology and health, Lancaster University Management School
13. ALEX WILSON - group HR director, BT
14. RUTH SPELLMAN - CEO, Investors in People
15. CHRIS BONES - principal, Henley Management College
16. ROSABETH MOSS KANTER - professor of business administration, Harvard Business School
17. STEPHEN COVEY - '7 Habits' author
18. CHRIS ARGYRIS - author and organisational learning guru
19. JOHN KOTTER - author and leadership guru
20. FONS TROMPENAARS - culture guru
21. BOB STACK - chief HR officer, Cadbury Schweppes
22. TOM PETERS - author and management guru
23. DANIEL GOLEMAN - author and emotional intelligence guru
24. STEPHEN DANDO - group HR director, Reuters
25. ANDREW FOSTER - former director of workforce, NHS