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Top business coach David Ulrich to speak at BYU's Marriott School Oct. 6

The Marriott School of Management will host a seminar featuring David Ulrich, ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the “World’s Top Five Business Coaches,” Friday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. in 251 N. Eldon Tanner Building on the Brigham Young University campus.

Admission will be free.

Ulrich will be speaking with Norm Smallwood, his partner on their latest book on leadership. Smallwood, who was listed about the “Global Top 100 Voices in Leadership” by Leadership Excellence, has worked with Ulrich at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Besides teaching, Ulrich has published more than 90 articles, books and chapters on business-related topics. His books include “The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure,” “HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance” and “Results-Based Leadership: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line.”

For more information, contact John Romney at (801) 633-7656.

Writer: Elizabeth Kasper

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