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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2019

Leading Blog

The Amazon Management System : The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders by Ram Charan and Julia Yang. Redman went on to launch two successful companies and speaks all over the country on how to build better leaders through his Overcome mindset.

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How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success

Harvard Business Review

Few people have more experience with CEO successions than Ram Charan. For more than three decades, Charan has been involved in CEO searches in the United States, China, Japan, India, Brazil, and Europe, as a director, an adviser, or a member of the selection committee. Can you elaborate?

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Do Not Split HR – At Least Not Ram Charan’s Way

Harvard Business Review

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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Why Managers and HR Don’t Get Along

Harvard Business Review

The bottom line, as Ram Charan argued in his recent HBR article , is that many line managers are disappointed in their HR people. It’s surprising how many HR people can’t explain their firm’s business model, competitive industry context, or critical product issues – much less be conversant with the key financial metrics.

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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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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business Review

against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. What we found was an incredible paradox. Japanese professionals had higher potential than the global average but lower competence.

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My 12 “Must Read” Best Leadership Books for 2014

The Empowered Buisness

Ram Charan is an advisor to senior executives with insight into why some companies are successful and others not. A book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results. whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job. ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE BY UNLEASHING THE POWER OF YOUR MIND.

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