Ram Charan
Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed business advisor and leading author who has spent the past 40 years working with some of the most prominent companies and CEOs of our time. Charan is an advisor to CEOs and other business leaders of some of the world's best known companies including Toyota, Bank of America, Aditya Birla Group, Novartis, Uniqlo, and Humana. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 books that have sold over 4 million copies in more than a dozen languages. Charan is also a favorite among executive educators and has won a number of significant teaching awards. His real-world solutions, shared with millions through his books and articles in top business publications, have been praised for being practical, relevant and highly actionable.
Ram Charan Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor
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Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor
Academic History
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Ph.D., Business Administration and Business Policy
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M.B.A., Baker Scholar
CONSULTING EXPERTISE
Charan has taught many up-and-coming business leaders through in-house executive education programs and coached dozens of leaders who became CEOs.
His work with various companies include Toyota, Bank of America, Key Bank, ICICI Bank, Aditya Birla Group, Novartis, Max Group, Yildiz Holdings, UST Global, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo), Humana and Matrix.
He has also advised two of the four largest digital companies in China.
He serves or has served on a dozen boards in the US, Brazil, China, India, Canada, and Dubai.
RECOGNITIONS
Charan was among BusinessWeek‘s top ten resources for in-house executive development programs.
Former chairman of GE Jack Welch says Charan “has the rare ability to distill meaning from meaningless and transfer it in a quiet, effective way without destroying confidences,” while Ivan Seidenberg, the former CEO of Verizon, calls Charan his “secret weapon.”
He was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and has served on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance.
PUBLICATIONS
Charan has authored or coauthored more than 30 books that have sold over 4 million copies in more than a dozen languages.
Four of his books were Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including Execution (coauthored with former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy), which spent more than 150 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
He also has written for publications including over 12 articles for Harvard Business Review, 12 articles for Fortune and numerous articles for BusinessWeek, Time, Chief Executive and USA TODAY.