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Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed business advisor, speaker and author. Ram has coached some of the worlds’ most successful CEOs. For 35 years, he has worked behind the scenes at companies like GE, KLM, Bank of America, DuPont, Novartis, EMC, Home Depot, and Verizon. Ram is known for his practical, real world perspective.
Ram is a favorite among executive educators. He won the Bell Ringer (best teacher) award at GE’s famous Crotonville Institute. He won the Best Teacher Award at Wharton and Northwestern. He was among Business Week’s top ten resources for in-house executive development programs.
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Ram started his business career as a teenager working in the family shoe shop in India . He went on to earn an engineering degree and then MBA and doctorate degrees from Harvard Business School , graduating with high distinction as a Baker Scholar. Ram then served on the Harvard Business School faculty. A well-known author, Ram’s books include Execution, written with Larry Bossidy, the former CEO of Honeywell. Execution reached number one on the Wall Street Journal list, and has been on the New York Time’s best-seller list for more than fifty weeks. Ram's other books include What the CEO Wants You to Know, Boards at Work, Every Business Is a Growth Business and Profitable Growth. He also tailors his books for specific client companies such as Gateway, Ford and EDS.
He's written articles for the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Time, Information Week, Leader to Leader, Director's Monthly, Directorship, The Corporate Board and USA Today.
Ram is a director of Austin Industries and The Six Sigma Academy. He was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He serves as a co-host for the Fortune Forum on Corporate Governance and also serves on the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance. Ram is now speaking on his newest book, Boards That Deliver, released in February 2005.
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