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. Followers trust it’s the right direction.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

That’s just one of the five parts of the FOUND process and all of them are essential as a discipline to follow if an entrepreneur (or intrapreneur) wants to confirm they have a market that will pay for their solution. Tanmay Vora] What are the top three things that an entrepreneur should do before they start acting on their idea?

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Entrepreneur Books Charan Follow-up 70

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Your upcoming leaders will need to understand how to do business internationally – international laws and regulations for doing business in various countries, cultural differences, the ability to gauge the market overseas including identifying market for product or services and the competition, developing overseas offices, leading virtually, etc.

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Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Ram Charans recommendation is wrong. The Split HR column alludes to cross-pollination between HR and Finance, but tucking HR into the Finance function, as Charan suggests, is not the way. Lets be clear. While he may be wrong, he may also be as wise as Solomon.

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The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

While there are many classic leadership books that are still relevant today – like Good to Great and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – and a flooded market of other business books , I wanted to share …. Ram Charan is an advisor to senior executives with insight into why some companies are successful and others not.

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Books Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing 113

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Much of Charan’s recent work has tilted towards organization and people (books on strategy execution, leadership pipeline, talent and advice on intensity, change, leadership traits, performance management, governance). Charan’s latest column actually affirms the value of HR to sustained competitiveness. The bottom 20% won’t take help.

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Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

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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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

For example, we are familiar with the boardroom of one of America’s premier technology makers, which is dominated by a non-executive chair who underappreciates how vital but difficult it is to create new products in its recurrently disrupted markets ( the innovator’s dilemma ). More blog posts by Michael Useem , Dennis Carey and Ram Charan.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

A few months ago, Ram Charan proposed splitting HR into two parts: one to oversee leadership and organization, and one to handle administration. Together, they understand labor market trends and instructional design, which can inform a company’s strategy to “build” or “buy” talent. That was a useful conversation starter.

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Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Ten years later, it could produce, albeit with extraordinary measures, 5,000 cars a month and had a higher market value than Ford’s. 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

OCTOBER 15, 2013

It was the first time a vice chair would be based in an emerging market. This article is adapted from the HBR interview with Ram Charan, You Can’t Be a Wimp, Make the Tough Calls found in the November 2013 issue of HBR. As Keith Sherin, then GE’s CFO put it, “This is where the growth is. Don’t delegate them away.

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P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 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. The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

My professor, Ram Charan, noticed that my schoolwork was starting to slip. I asked him if he could help me find my way back to the marketing department. His pointed the way and said, "So you work in the marketing department. For instance, when I was a first year graduate student at the J. I was stretched pretty thin.

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Performance Review Charan Class Review 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

All have served at or near the pinnacle of company power, and they now bring that experience to judging who has the requisite skill-set to lead the world’s largest software maker in a fast-morphing market. Stay inside or consider an “outside-in” candidate. Boards Microsoft Succession planning'

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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

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 2, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best explained. Here are the third five: 11. Leadership: In essence, leaders attract followers so that [.].

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Review Books Leadership Mintzberg 85

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Is there a way to be transparent about a CEO being coached without causing shareholder and market panic? But Jack Welch is another prominent example of a top business leader who worked with an advisor — Ram Charan — for many years. Coaching is a private and personal activity.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

companies using a blog for marketing purposes, your business likely will within the next year. According to Emarketer, the proportion of companies using dedicated blogs as a marketing channel—excluding blogs on social networks and microblogs such as Twitter—will rise to 39% in 2011 and to 43% by 2012.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 21, 2010

If revenue is down, or if youve lost a large customer, or if a new competitor has entered the market, let your team know. Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Share The Bad News Of course its much easier to share good news with your employees, but its perhaps even more important to share the bad news.

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Mentor Mission Statement Brainstorming Tips 61

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 21, 2010

How test marketing is critical. Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. How they can be used by leaders to boost morale. Enjoy the history of those yellow squares.

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 56

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2010

Are you absolutely sure every employee in sales, production, operations, marketing, etc., MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level." Take a moment. is not using these words, even inadvertently, in front of your customers? Thanks for the important reminder, Harvey MacKay!

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 56

Eric Jacobson

MAY 9, 2010

One recommendation is to at least include members of your management team, sales team, marketing team and research team when you ask the five questions. You may find that each of these teams may give you different answers for #1 and #2, and that may present more challenges for you that will also need to be addressed.

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Drucker Mentor Mission Statement Tips 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In today’s rapidly changing markets, with digital disruption looming over every business, this question has never been more important. Ram Charan spoke to HBR about this several years ago in the context of “making tough calls.” So what should companies look for when they hire a new CEO?

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CEO Retail Class Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

This company, which stretched into all sorts of industries and markets, offering numerous strategic challenges, should have been an ideal training ground for executives. The sad part is that all of them had started off strong: they were engineers with an average tenure of more than 20 years in R&D and product strategy and marketing.

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Drotter Charan Leadership Pipeline Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Based on work with dozens of health care organizations, we have adapted the leadership development model of Ram Charan et al to outline a leadership path for physicians. But to do this, organizations need a cadre of physician leaders who are interested in taking on management roles and have the necessary business skills to lead effectively.

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