Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This is the first book that teaches the ‘whats’ and the ‘hows’ of trust.&# – Ram Charan “After you turn off the projector, quit PowerPoint, and end your pitch, most deals come down to a simple question: Do you trust each other? Trust is the glue.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Consider Tesla: before Elon Musk became CEO in 2008, the electric car company had delivered fewer than 200 cars and was running out of cash. Governance expert Ram Charan considers executive sessions the most important recent innovation in corporate governance.

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CEO COO Charan Advice 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

But Motorola’s markets were transforming in the mid-2000s, and chief executive Greg Brown and his board decided in March 2008 that the company should be split in two: Motorola Mobility would take its mobile phones and related devices, and Motorola Solutions its mission-critical data and communication products.

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Hostile Takeover Chief Financial Officer Due Diligence Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. Mark Gasta, the company’s chief human resource officer from 2008 to 2016, said these workers were “essential to the organization’s success… [T]heir long tenure is important.”

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