Ram Charan
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Ram Charan (born Ramcharan in 1939 in Uttar Pradesh, India) is a business consultant, speaker, and writer.
Charan worked in his family's shoe shop in northern India while growing up. He earned a degree in engineering from Banaras Hindu University and later studied at Harvard Business School, where he was awarded an MBA (1965) and a doctorate (1967).[1][2] Before becoming a full-time consultant in 1978, he taught at the Harvard Business School, the Kellogg School of Management, and Boston University.[2]
Charan has consulted for companies such as GE, KLM, and Bank of America. He is the author of various books on business, including Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times, Boards That Deliver, What The CEO Wants You To Know, Boards At Work, Every Business Is A Growth Business (with Noel Tichy), Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business, Confronting Reality,Know How and Execution (with Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck), which was a best-seller.[2]
Charan is not married and has no children. At age 67, he recently purchased his first apartment in Dallas, TX. Before this purchase, he did not have a home and spent every night in a hotel room or at an associate's residence. His assistants in Dallas send him new clothes via courier and he returns his dirty laundry to them.[1]
Charan was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2000 and named a Distinguished Fellow in 2005. He is also a director of Austin Industries.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b The strange existence of Ram Charan, David Whitford, Fortune, April 24, 2007; accessed online May 3, 2007.
- ^ a b c Man of Mystery, Jennifer Reingold, Fast Company, #78 (February 2004), p. 78 ff.
[edit] Further reading
- Ram Charan, 2009, Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times, McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 978-0-07-162616-3
[edit] Bibliography
- The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation (2008)
- Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't (2007)
- Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis (2007)
- Boards That Deliver: Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive Advantage (2005)
- The Source of Success: Five Enduring Principles at the Heart of Real Leadership (2005)
- Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right (2004)
- Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning (2004)
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (2002)
- What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works (2001)
- The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company (2000)
- Every Business is a Growth Business: How Your Company Can Prosper Year After Year (2000)
[edit] External links
- Leadership know-how, Ram Charan.
- CEO succession: what’s broken, what needs to be done, Ram Charan.
- Ram Charan : website
- Meet Ram Charam
- Profile and video of Ram Charan at International Speakers Bureau
- Ram Charan ranked #22 in the 2007 Thinkers 50
- February 2009 Q&A on managing through the recession USA Today
