Ram Charan | Bestselling Author and Global Advisor to CEOs

What People Are Saying About Rethinking Competitive Advantage

“Another book for the ages from a master!…Once again, Ram Charan turns conventional principles on their head with this ingenious—and long overdue—reframing of competitive advantage. Particularly insightful is his emphasis on how the end-to-end individual consumer experience will separate winners from losers in our new digital age. The numerous lively examples in this essential read will give business practitioners plenty to think about as they seek to keep innovating and maintaining an edge.”

“Rethinking Competitive Advantage is the book to redefine advantage for the digital generation. Charan lays out the new golden rules for an increasingly competitive world. His unfettered access to leaders of successful companies gives him insights that you won’t find anywhere else.”

“Charan delivers an incredibly insightful and practical guide for leaders and practitioners. The culmination of a lifetime of winning strategies, Rethinking Competitive Advantage is brimming with solution-oriented advice….A must-read.”

“Rethinking Competitive Advantage offers more than just valuable insight into thinking digitally; any reader will learn how to organize and lead for success. Thanks as always, Ram!”

“The companies we have invested in have mostly pursued a culture of attracting exceptional people, producing efficiently, and lowering cost. Market forces have obliged us to become more adaptable, consumer focused, and innovation oriented. Charan’s book Rethinking Competitive Advantage fits like a glove in helping us adjust to this new world, so much so that we are distributing it to all our top executives.”

“Winning the technological revolution isn’t about technology, as Rethinking Competitive Advantage demonstrates. Charan, grand master of strategy, has written the indispensable book on the radically new rules of the digital age.”

“He has the rare ability to distill meaningful from meaningless and transfer it to others in a quiet, effective way.”

-Jack Welch,
former Chairman of GE

media coverage

Chief Executive ran an excerpt of Talent

Ram talks to the Beyond Governance podcast

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TiE Sustainability Summit 2021

Ram discusses succession in family-led businesses with SHRM

Ram and his co-authors discus TSR with Directors & Boards

Ram discusses Rethinking Competitive Advantage on The Leadership Podcast

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Ram discusses his views on US foreign policy post Afghanistan

Ram and his co-authors discuss Talent, Strategy, Risk

Ram speaks with Chris Dyer on Talent Talk Radio

Ram discusses Amazon and the FTC on Fortune

Ram and his co-authors discuss four lessons for fintech boards.

Ram Discusses Rethinking Competitive Advantage with the BCG Henderson Institute

Ram Charan talks about Six New Rules to Survive in this Digital Era, with Host Tom Loarie

Rethinking Competitive Advantage on the Everyday MBA with Kevin Craine

Ram Charan Speaks with Dr. Mark Goulston

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Looking Beyond Past Successes with Ram Charan

6 New Rules for Sustaining a Competitive Advantage in the Digital Age

Rules Of The Digital Age: Ignore Them At Your Own Peril

Ram discusses Rethinking Competitive Advantage with Jess Larsen

Finalist in Current Events for The Amazon Management System.

Ram Charan ranked #27 in the leadership category of Global Gurus.

Ram Charan featured in the Top 20 Global Trainers – Strategy

Post-pandemic firms face stark choice: digitise or die

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‘If you don’t care about your employees…’: Ram Charan warns company leaders

Customer-centric models needed in post Covid world, says management guru Ram Charan

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Ram’s Leadership Library

Talent

Harsh Realties

Talent Strategy Risk

Rethinking Competitive Advantage

The Amazon Management System

The high potential leader

the attacker’s advantage

Boards that lead

global tilt

execution

What the CEO wants you to know

Every Business is a Growth Business

Profitable Growth is Everyone’s business

Leaders at all Levels

leadership in the era of economic uncertainty

The Leadership Pipeline

The Talent Masters

The Game-Changer

What the Customer Wants You to Know

Confronting Reality

Talent Wins

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Fortune Magazine calls Ram Charan “the most influential consultant alive,” thanks to a reputation earned through more than thirty years of wise counsel to the top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time.

Drawing on this experience, Ram has become one of the most popular business speakers/consultants in the world, speaking to distinguished audiences in a variety of venues. He is praised for being practical, entertaining, relevant and highly actionable—the kind of advice you can use Monday morning.

For Speaking/Consulting inquiries please contact Cynthia Burr at office@charanassoc.com or 972-490-9040