Ram Charan
Ram Charan ( Hindi राम चरण ; born December 25, 1939 in Uttar Pradesh ) is an American management consultant and bestselling author of Indian origin.
Life
Charan studied engineering in India. Then he worked in Australia . He earned an MBA and PhD from Harvard Business School . He then taught at Harvard and Northwestern University .
He then founded the management consultancy Charan Associates in Dallas, Texas . He has advised many CEOs and companies (including Bank of America, DuPont, Novarti); He has received several awards for his advice.
He is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance. Ram served on the boards of directors of Hindalco Industries , Emaar Properties , Austin Industries, Tyco Electronics, and Fischer & Porter. He has also written for: Harvard Business Review , Fortune , BusinessWeek , Time and USA TODAY . His book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done was # 1 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list and was also on The New York Times Best Seller list .
Awards
- 2010: Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance Award from the American Society for Training & Development
- 2010: "Global Indian of the Year 2010" by the Economic Times
Publications
- 2000: Every Business is a Growth Business: How Your Company Can Prosper Year After Year
- 2000: The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company
- 2001: What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works
- 2002: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
- 2004: Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning
- 2004: Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right
- 2005: The Source of Success: Five Enduring Principles at the Heart of Real Leadership
- 2005: Boards That Deliver: Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive
- 2007: What the Customer Wants You to Know
- 2007: Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis
- 2007: Now-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't
- 2008: The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation
- 2008: Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times
- 2009: Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask
- 2010: The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charan, Ram |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | राम चरण (hiS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American business consultant and bestselling author of Indian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uttar Pradesh , India |