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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2013

Leading Blog

Global Tilt : Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift by Ram Charan. American Turnaround : Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA by Edward Whitacre with Leslie Cauley. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 120 titles.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 2/25/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan The AIG Story Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence Cunningham Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan HBR’s [.].

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Strategic Bets: When, How, and Why…or Why Not

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt of an article co-authored by Ram Charan and Michael Sisk for strategy+business magazine (February 7, 2011), published by Booz & Company.

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Recommended Resource – The Talent Masters: Why smart leaders put people before numbers

Strategy Driven

Conaty and Charan illustrate in great detail the specific programs these organizations use to develop talent and plan for and execute on succession plans; including the behind-the-scenes consideration of organizational, cultural, and operational impacts such changes incur.

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Ideation and Entrepreneurship: Interview with Liz Alexander and Naveen Lakkur

QAspire

You may have seen the statistic quoted by Adeo Ressi, the CEO and founder of Founder Institute in the Foreword to our book, that only about four in every 1,000 startups founded each year create a global impact. only about four in every 1,000 startups founded each year create a global impact. That equates to a 0.4% That equates to a 0.4%

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001. The other 2 were released from the program because they did not complete required assignments and had very limited participation. References. Succession: Are You Ready?

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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