Ram Charan - Speaking on Succession, Execution

Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed business advisor, speaker and author. Ram is well-known for his books including Execution, co-authored 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 one hundred and fifty weeks. His two newest bestsellers are Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis (Dec 2007) and What The Customer Wants You to Know: How Everyone Needs to Think Differently About Sales (Dec 2007). He previously wrote Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From Those Who Don't. Ram's other books include Boards That Deliver, What the CEO Wants You to Know, Boards at Work, Every Business Is a Growth Business and Profitable Growth.

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, 3M and Verizon. He is a highly sought after board meeting presenter.

Ram is known for his practical, real world perspective. His expertise runs deep in several areas of business:

Profitable Growth
Business Acumen
Sales
Corporate Succession (Deepening Your Talent Pool)
Leadership
Tools for Changing a Social System
Corporate Governance
Global Matrix Organization
Execution: Discipline of Getting Things Done
Innovation
Leadership Succession
Building Top Management Teams

Ram is a favorite among executive educators. He has taught for 30 consecutive years at GE's famous Crotonville Institute and is the recipient of their Bell Ringer Award (best teacher). 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.

Ram has 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.