Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. Charan has taken years of observation and distilled it into six practical rules to guide you into this digital age. Charan distinguishes digital capability and digital platform. Most traditional companies don’t think big enough.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

In The Talent Masters , Bill Conaty and Ram Charan explain how to do it. That leads us to Conaty and Charan’s first principle of the talent masters: The leadership team understands that the top priority for the future is developing the talent that will get it there. People deliver numbers. Meritocracy through differentiation.

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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.

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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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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

They are, after all, the company’s steadfast guidance system, charged with keeping an even keel in rough waters. Innovations at the top extend even to how the board itself operates, and Blackstone Group — one of the leading investment groups in the world — has been pressing the case. Boards Innovation Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Ram Charans recommendation is wrong. Leaders must look beyond traditional finance systems to be more sophisticated about HR and talent. 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.

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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 …. Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership. Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work.

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