The 2011 global ranking of management thinkers: what's in it for HR?

Thinkers50 has just published its 2011 global ranking of management thinkers. This year, the winner is Clayton Christensen, author of « The Innovator's Dilemma ». For sure, all these 50 gurus have plenty to teach us. 

And of course, we all should know the basics of innovation, strategy, or marketing. But which of these leading management thinkers are particularly relevant for HR professionals ? I mean, directly related to HR. Approximately half of them are, in my humble opinion. Here is my personal selection:

Rank	Author	Main field of expertise
4	Jim Collins	Management
7	Marshall Goldsmith	Leadership
8	Marcus Buckingham	Self management
10	Malcolm Gladwell	Society, career, decision-making
11	Sylvia Ann Hewlett	Talent management, women at work
12	Lynda Gratton	People in organizations, the future of work, collaborative working
13	Nitin Nohria	Motivation, leadership, sustainable performance
16	Linda Hill	Leadership, innovation, cross-organizational relationships, talent management
18	Teresa Amabile	Creativity, organizational life and its influence on people and their performance
22	Jeffrey Pfeffer	Evidence based management, human resources, power, leadership
23	David Ulrich	Leadership, talent, human resources, culture, coaching, change
25	Rosabeth Moss Kanter	Leadership, change, globalization
28	Herminia Ibarra	Leadership, women's careers, career transition
29	Daniel Pink	Career, self employment, motivation
30	Henry Mintzberg	The work of the manager, how managers are trained and developed
33	Tammy Erickson	Generations at work : workforce demographics and values
35	Amy Edmondson	Teamwork
37	Howard Gardner	Intelligence
39	Daniel Goleman	Emotional Intelligence, leadership
40	Vineet Nayar	Employees First, Customers Second
42	Fons Trompenaars	Cultural Diversity in Business
45	Stewart Friedman	Work/life integration, leadership
47	Stephen Covey	Leadership, personal effectiveness

Previous posts on this blog have featured books by Stew Friedman, Dave Ulrich and Jeffrey Pfeffer. I now have many reading opportunities for the months to come. Fellow HR pros, please send me an e-mail or leave a comment to let me know which of these thinkers have written the greatest books...