Ram Charan

A speaker, advisor, author and a noted expert on business strategy, Ram Charan has taught for Duke Corporate Education and the Fuqua School of Business for more than 20 years. He has coached some of the world's most successful CEOs, and for more than 35 years has worked behind the scenes at companies like GE, KLM, Bank of America, DuPont, EMC, Novartis, 3M and Verizon.

Ram's most recent book, The Leadership Pipeline, is an enduring yet simple lesson that can help managers at every level become a highly effective leader.More information on Ram and his book can be found here.

In the past five years, Ram's numerous books have sold more than 2 million copies. These include the bestseller Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done and Confronting Reality, both co-authored with Larry Bossidy, What the CEO Wants You to Know, Boards at Work, Every Business Is a Growth Business, Profitable Growth, and Boards That Deliver. A frequent contributor to Fortune, Ram has written two cover stories, "Why CEOs Fail" and "Why Companies Fail." Other articles have appeared in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Director's Monthly, and Strategy and Business.

Ram has served on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance and was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He is on the board of Austin Industries and Tyco Electronics. Ram is based in Dallas, TX.