Audiobooks by Ram Charan

History's Great Speeches: The Definitive Collection: 161 speeches from Athens 431BCE to Beijing, 192

"Embark on a journey through 2,400 years of history with this definitive collection of 161 of the world’s greatest speeches. Presented chronologically, this master volume spans from the golden age of Athens in 431BCE to the dawn of a new China in 1926, now complete with seminal speeches from India’s Mohandas Gandhi and China’s Mao Tse-Tung. The collection begins with Demosthenes, whose rhetorical mastery forms the DNA of modern expression. Witness the high point of the Athenian empire with Pericles’ funeral oration and hear the only known speech of Julius Caesar before the Roman senate. Delve into the Roman Civil War, dominated by the rivalry between the revolutionary Cataline and the great statesman Cicero, and feel the power of Mark Antony’s oration over Caesar’s body. After a millennium where rhetoric waned, the art is reborn with Mirandola’s 'Oration on the Dignity of Man,' firing the starting pistol for the Renaissance. The Reformation erupts with Martin Luther’s barnstorming 95 Theses, while the Enlightenment gives way to political upheaval. Hear Maximillien Robespierre’s chilling justifications for terror, Patrick Henry’s cry for liberty, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s revolutionary addresses. Explore the great debates of the 19th century: the struggle against slavery, the rise of anarchism with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Otto von Bismarck’s “Blood and Iron” forging a new nation, and Abraham Lincoln’s immortal words. Witness the birth of socialism, the powerful anti-war arguments of Eugene Debs, and Swami Vivekananda’s address bridging East and West. This complete volume concludes with visionary speakers from Mexico, the Philippines, India, and China, whose words shaped the modern world and continue to resonate into the twenty-first century."

, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Martin Sullivan, Ann Coulter, Annie Besant, Anthony Robbins, Bernard Lewis, Bill Bryson, Catiline, Cato the Younger, Chief Joseph, Dale Carnegie, Daniel O'Connell, Edmund Burke, Eugene V. Debs, Gaius Marius, George Washin, H. Alan Day, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Huldrych Zwingli, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Patterson, John Calvin, John Lloyd, John Philpot Curran, Jonathan Kellerman, Jose Rizal, Khalil Gibran, Larry McMurtry, Louis Lingg, Marcus Buckingham, Mark Twain, Mark Victor Hansen, Maximilien Robespierre, Mikhail Bakunin, Muhammad, Patrick Henry, Pericles, Peter Kropotkin, Philip Melanchthon, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Ram Charan, Red Jacket, Ricardo Flores Magón, Rick Pitino, Rick Reilly, Robert G. Allen, Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen R. Covey, Suze Orman, Wendell Phillips, William Morris, William Pitt the Elder, William Lloyd Garrison, Zig Ziglar (Author), Charles Featherstone (Narrator)

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Boards That Lead: When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way

"Is your firm's board creating value—or destroying it? Change is coming. Leadership at the top is being redefined as boards take a more active role in decisions that once belonged solely to the CEO. But for all the advantages of increased board engagement, it can create debilitating questions of authority and dangerous meddling in day-to-day operations. Directors need a new road map—for when to lead, when to partner, and when to stay out of the way. Boardroom veterans Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, and Michael Useem advocate this new governance model—a sharp departure from what has been demanded by governance activists, raters, and regulators—and reveal the emerging practices that are defining shared leadership of directors and executives. Based on personal interviews and the authors' broad and deep experience working with executives and directors from dozens of the world's largest firms, Boards That Lead tells the inside story behind the successes and pitfalls of this new leadership model and explains how to define the central idea of the company; ensure that the right CEO is in place and potential successors are identified; recruit directors who add value; root out board dysfunction; select a board leader who deftly bridges the divide between management and the board; and set a high bar on ethics and risk."

Dennis Carey, Michael Useem, Ram Charan (Author), Todd McLaren (Narrator)

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The High-Potential Leader: How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact

"In today's tumultuous and rapidly evolving business environment, High-Potential leaders are in high demand. Do you possess the relationship skills, strategic vision, innovation, and determination needed to thrive as a high-potential leader in your organization? New York Times bestselling author Ram Charan answers that question and helps you hop on the fast-track to leadership success in this insightful guide. Traditionally, leaders have risen up through the ranks based on their cognitive abilities, analytical skills, thoroughness, and even perfectionist tendencies, but as modern businesses have moved to a more digitally-driven model, the criteria for leaders has markedly changed. The High-Potential Leader explains the modern business climate while highlighting the critical role relationship building, communication style, engagement, and ability to motivate and bring out the best performance in others play in becoming an impactful leader. Whether you're just embarking on your leadership journey or are ready to make the leap to the next leadership level, Charan's real-world lessons and practical advice will help you discover who you are as a leader, chart your path, accelerate your growth, and ultimately, become the high-potential leader your organization needs to succeed."

Ram Charan (Author), Mitch Crawford (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El arte de la ejecución en los negocios

"Un libro esclarecedor que te guiará para llevar la teoría del éxito en los negocios a la práctica. Bestseller #1 de The Wall Street Journal. El libro que nos muestra cómo llevar los negocios a la práctica y entregar resultados, no importa si diriges una compañía o es tu primer empleo en el mundo empresarial. Las mejores ideas del mundo valen menos que el papel donde están escritas si no se pueden ejecutar. Así lo aseguran los afamados líderes empresariales Larry Bossidy y Ram Charan en este fascinante libro. Apoyados en su experiencia al frente de las corporaciones más demandantes y exitosas del mundo empresarial -como General Electric o Honeywell International- los autores nos llevan de la mano por la aplicación práctica del arte de la ejecución y nos revelan aquí el secreto fundamental de los negocios: conocer a fondo la cultura operacional para llevar a tu empresa al siguiente nivel."

Huldrych Zwingli, Ram Charan (Author), Rubén Hernández (Narrator)

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Leadership Pipeline: Developing Leaders in the Digital Age, 3rd Edition

"In the newly revised third edition of The Leadership Pipeline, a team of veteran leadership practitioners delivers a practical and essential framework for identifying future leaders, assessing their competence, planning their development, nurturing their talents, and analyzing the results of your efforts. The work to be done, the required skills, time application, and the necessary work values for each leadership layer are clearly defined for the digital age. The book explains how to integrate your organization's leadership development process with a succession plan that provides your company with a ready supply of capable leaders. You'll discover the tools and techniques you need to knit together your succession and leadership development programs and constantly renew your leadership pipeline. You'll also: explore anecdotes and stories drawn from the authors' extensive experience with top companies that illustrate the principles discussed in the book; find ways to eliminate bias and tunnel vision when identifying leadership candidates; and learn to objectively consider the efficacy of individual leadership candidates. A powerful resource for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders at firms of all sizes, The Leadership Pipeline is an effective and insightful blueprint to future-proofing your company."

James Noel, Kent Jonasen, Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter (Author), Lee Goettl (Narrator)

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions

"Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones. If you read (or listen to) nothing else on decision making, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps. Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to: make bold decisions that challenge the status quo; support your decisions with diverse data; evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor; check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning; test your decisions with experiments; foster and address constructive criticism; and defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability."

Daniel Kahneman, Harvard Business Review, Ram Charan (Author), James Edward Thomas (Narrator)

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Digital Simplified: Digital business enables growth, speed, & innovation—Digital transformation crea

"'As a technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Raj Vattikuti has the ideal background to outline the steps of creating a Digital Strategy. Ram Charan is one of the world's most influential consultants who brings deep business insight and understanding of digital business. Together Raj and Ram explain the benefits and pitfalls of various approaches and why standing still means failure. This book explains how a digital business thinks, operates with agility, develops deeper customer relationships, and appropriately uses technology. It also emphasizes that developing a Digital Strategy is an ongoing process to sustain a competitive advantage and provides a template to help business compete in a digital economy. This book offers a practical perspective from decades of partnering with various businesses across many sectors and outlines how to create value for your customers and business.' Jacques Nasser AC 'Raj Vattikuti and Ram Charan have seen what so many others have missed- that real digital transformation starts and ends with the business. The central lessons of their book are what every leader needs to hear: Give digital ownership to the business. Take an agile, iterative approach to investment. Design an innovation process based on experimentation. Push for speed and build digital products in weeks, not years. Shift the culture to empower employees, collaborate across silos, and focus on outcomes. This is how digital transformation delivers lasting growth. If you are leading a legacy business today, you cannot afford anything less!' David L. Rogers, global bestselling author of 'The Digital Transformation Playbook'"

Raj Vattikuti, Ram Charan (Author), Chris Brinkly (Narrator)

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The Digital Leader: Finding a Faster, More Profitable Path to Exceptional Growth, 1st Edition

"In The Digital Leader: Finding a Faster, More Profitable Path to Exceptional Growth, a team of visionary entrepreneurs delivers an authoritative and engaging roadmap demonstrating how to digitalize your business by taking small, achievable steps that yield measurable, near-term results. In this handbook of concrete strategies and methods, the authors show you how to pinpoint and implement bite-sized projects that sync up with your business priorities. You'll learn how to find and choose between the digital enablement options available to you while discovering the tools you need to explain their value to stakeholders and get much-needed buy-in from executives, managers, and employees. You'll also: learn about the value of experimentation, continuous innovation, and how to generate dramatic transformation by using incremental changes to your advantage; find out how to digitalize one piece of your business at a time, instead of taking on a gargantuan transformation all at once that is destined for failure; and discover how to straddle the technology and business worlds and help define each of them to the other. A can't-miss resource for executives, managers, and other business leaders, The Digital Leader also belongs in the bookshelves of IT and data professionals seeking to maximize their impact on the businesses around them."

Raj B. Vattikuti, Ram Charan (Author), Walter Dixon (Narrator)

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Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: Managing in a Downturn

"In Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty, business advisor Ram Charan describes steps you can take right now to steer your organization away from the pitfalls and position it for a new future. You'll find practical techniques that will help you cope with: cash and credit crunches, shrinking budgets, collapsing markets, sinking workforce morale, disappearing suppliers, and nervous stakeholders. Great business thinkers like Ram Charan see opportunity in chaos. His innovative, commonsense way of approaching problems has made him one of the world's most sought-after consultants. Here, he provides help to leaders at every level, from the CEO and country managers to department heads in finance, marketing, sales, and manufacturing. Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty offers clear guidelines for seizing opportunity and persevering in today's global economy. Fight your fear and anxiety—and take your leadership to the next level, now."

Ram Charan (Author), Walter Dixon (Narrator)

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Harsh Realities: The Making of Marico

"Breaking away from the shackles of family-run Bombay Oils Industries Ltd, Harsh Mariwala founded Marico in 1987. Today, the homegrown Marico is a leading international FMCG giant which recorded an annual turnover of over Rs 8000 crore last year. Their products, like Parachute, Nihar Naturals, Saffola, Set Wet, Livon and Mediker, are market leaders in their categories. This is the story of grit, gumption and growth, and of the core values of trust, transparency and innovation which have brought the company to its current stature. Co-authored by leading management thinker and guru Ram Charan, Harsh Realities is a much-awaited business book by an innovative and clear-headed leader who built a highly professional, competitive business from the ground up."

Harsh Mariwala, Ram Charan (Author), Shernaz Patel (Narrator)

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Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First

"Radical Advice for Reinventing Talent—and HR Typical talent-planning and HR processes are designed for predictable environments, traditional ways of getting work done, and organizations where 'lines and boxes' still define how people are managed. As work and organizations have become more fluid—and business strategy is no longer about planning years ahead but about sensing and seizing new opportunities and adapting to a constantly changing environment—companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive. Turning conventional views on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent—for today's agile, digital, analytical, technologically driven strategic environment—and for creating the HR function that business needs. Filled with examples of forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent (such as ADP, Amgen, BlackRock, Blackstone, Haier, ING, Marsh, Tata Communications, Telenor, and Volvo), as well as the juggernauts and the startups of Silicon Valley, this book shows leaders how to bring the rigor that they apply to financial capital to their human capital—elevating HR to the same level as finance in their organizations."

Dennis Carey, Dominic Barton, Ram Charan (Author), Mike Lenz (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Repensar la ventaja competitiva: Nuevas reglas para la era digital

"Descubre el secreto detrás de las compañías líderes en el mundo y aprende cómo competir contra ellas. En el mundo actual de los negocios, una buena estrategia no sólo consiste en mantener la cuota de mercado o construir trincheras para refugiarse de los competidores. En la era digital, las compañías más exitosas tienen un nuevo enfoque: reimaginar la experiencia del cliente interno y externo, crear oportunidades con crecimiento exponencial en el mercado, alcanzar la máxima eficiencia en sus cadenas de suministros y construir una ventaja competitiva a partir de plataformas, data y modelos de negocio tipo ecosistema. En esta animada y accesible guía, Ram Charan, disecciona la naturaleza cambiante de la ventaja competitiva en la era digital, muestra cómo se manifiesta en las grandes empresas que dominan los mercados y comparte insights valiosos para los emprendedores que buscan competir contra gigantes como Amazon, Netflix, Alibabá y Google."

Ram Charan (Author), Rafa Serrano (Narrator)

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