Ram Charan (consultant)
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 many well-known companies such as GE, KLM, and Bank of America. He is the author of various popular books on business, including 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]
Ram is a workaholic. He 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. Regardless of his location, 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.
References
Ram also studied in Australia, working at the Australian Gas Light Co. under the direction of the late Roy J Maher BEng, Head of Research & Development. Ram was mentored by Roy and guided towards Harvard and a critical thinking path. Both Ram & Roy had a deep interest in business and wider studies.
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)
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