Author: Ram Charan
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: solve, succession, crisis, pool, talent, levels, deepening, leaders
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-12-21
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0787985597
ISBN-13: 9780787985592

Learn how top companies solve the problem of leadership succession from corporate America’s leading consultant. A serious crisis looms in American management today. More and more CEOs are failing; there remains an acute shortage of capable replacements. The true dilemma in leadership is the stagnant state of corporate leadership development. Because companies fail to hone their unit managers’ leadership abilities, they are never able to fill their succession pipelines. With unit managers stagnating, companies have difficulty executing at every level, compounding the crisis.

Author: Ram Charan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: right, things, difficult, times, getting, rules, era, economic, uncertainty, new, leadership
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2008-12-22
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0071626166
ISBN-13: 9780071626163

"There is no better person than Ram Charan to provide advice on managing in a downturn."--Larry Bossidy, Former Chairman and CEO Honeywell International Inc. As a business leader today, you face an unprecedented challenge: the worldwide economic downturn. Cash and credit are dwindling, sales forecasts are dismal, and morale is sinking. This is not a time to reflect. It is a time to act, decide, and energize your people...with urgency... This is your moment.Are you up to the task? In Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty, Ram Charan helps you steer your business through the minefi el

Author: Ram Charan
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: boards, non, franchise, leadership, advantage, competitive, work, corporate, create
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1998-03
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0787910600
ISBN-13: 9780787910600

Unleash one of your company’s greatest competitive weapons. Ram Charan is a wise counselor and keen observer on the front lines of the American board revolution. Boards At Work is a rare blAnd of candid stories of casualties, of victories, and of sound ideas for change illustrated with real-world examples of how to adopt them.--William Adams, director, Bell Atlantic and other boards Unleash one of your company’s greatest competitive weapons. In this timely new work, ace consultant Ram Charan takes an eye-opening look at how many boards are transcAnding tradition by becoming d

Author: Ram Charan
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Keywords: differently, sales, think, needs, wants, everybody, customer
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-12-27
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1591841658
ISBN-13: 9781591841654

From the bestselling author of What the CEO Wants You to Know: How to rethink sales from the outside in More than ever these days, the sales process often turns into a war about price—a frustrating, unpleasant war that takes all the fun out of selling. But there’s a better way to think about sales, says bestselling author Ram Charan, who is famous for clarifying and simplifying difficult business problems. Instead of starting with your product or service, start with your customer’s problems. Focus on becoming your customer’s trusted partner, someone he or she can turn

Author: Ram Charan
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: needs, member, board, questions, owning
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-04-13
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0470397675
ISBN-13: 9780470397671

"This book is a most important contribution for both new and experienced directors, addressing contemporary corporate governance. The 14 practical questions represent the most vital issues that boards need to proactively address and are particularly crucial now as boards deal with the aftermath of the global financial tsunami." —Thomas J. Neff, chairman, U.S., Spencer Stuart "If Corporate America’s board members had answered these questions, the crisis of ’08 would have been avoided. The book is that powerful. It should be required reading in every boardroom, executive

Authors:A.G. Lafley, Ram Charan,
Publisher: Crown Business
Keywords: growth, innovation, profit, revenue, changer, drive, game
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-04-08
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0307381730
ISBN-13: 9780307381736

How you can increase and sustain organic revenue and profit growth . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job.Over the past seven years, Procter & Gamble has tripled profits; significantly improved organic revenue growth, cash flow, and operating margins; and averaged earnings per share growth of 12 percent. How? A. G. Lafley and his leadership team have integrated innovation into everything P&G does and created new customers and new markets. Through eye-opening stories A. G. Lafley and Ram Charan show how P&G and companies such as Honeywell, N

Authors:Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck,
Publisher: Crown Business
Keywords: things, getting, discipline, execution
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0609610570
ISBN-13: 9780609610572

The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management jobLarry Bossidy is one of the world’s most acclaimed CEOs, a man with few peers who has a track record for delivering results. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of directors, a man with unparalleled insight into why some companies are successful and others are not. Together they’ve pooled their knowledge and experience into the one book on how to close the gap between results promised and results delivered