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6 New Rules for the Digital Age

Leading Blog

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. They have a digital platform at their core.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2021

Leading Blog

Rethinking Competitive Advantage : New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan. Giants like Amazon and Alibaba are creating vast new market spaces through a deft combination of tools like machine learning and business savvy that reimagines customer experiences while generating immense shareholder value.

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How Should Leaders Address Challenge Of Low Performers?

Tanveer Naseer

Sudmann explains, “The person will not stop and say ‘Well, the guys from Marketing didn’t deliver, so whatever’—no, if an individual has a task then he or she will completely own it, fight for resources, and push for the completion, regardless of functional barriers or other matters.” So, what does that look like?

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The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management

Great Leadership By Dan

Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. It requires having a solid grasp of all aspects of the organization, including strategy, sales, marketing, human resources, manufacturing, research, legal, etc…. There’s a progression of passages, or at least there should be.

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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. All day long, the power of bad governs people’s moods, drives marketing campaigns, and dominates news and politics. What has propelled their record streak of growth?

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CEOs work to keep key employees

Coaching Tip

Chief executives should act now to prevent defections of key employees next year, says veteran management adviser Ram Charan. Ram Charan, an expert and author on developing corporate talent , shown earlier this month during an interview with The Wall Street Journal. CEOs of major U.S. Four became best sellers.

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Trust – the key to success

Lead on Purpose

This is the first book that teaches the ‘whats’ and the ‘hows’ of trust.&# – Ram Charan “After you turn off the projector, quit PowerPoint, and end your pitch, most deals come down to a simple question: Do you trust each other? Trust is the glue. Followers trust it’s the right direction.