Book description
In this ground-breaking new book, Ram Charan, co-author of the
bestselling Execution, redefines leadership by focusing on
eight specific practical skills that, if mastered, are guaranteed to
bring success.
1. Positioning ÂÂ- ÂÂÂformulating a clear central idea
that chimes with your customers' desires and allows the business to be profitable.
2. Detecting patterns - recognising key variables that may create
barriers to growth.
3. Managing the social system - influencing the workplace
environment so that people can pull together and make the right
decisions at the right time.
4. Selecting (and deselecting) people - spotting talent, and making
the change when the fit isn't right.
5. Leading your management team - trusting, and inspiring, an
effective team of managers.
6. Setting goals - deciding what the business can achieve.
7. Setting priorities - assessing the actions that need to be taken
in order to meet your goals.
8. Dealing with external parties - making sure that outside power
groups beyond your control do not affect your business unduly.
Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed business advisor, speaker and
author, well-known for his practical real world perspective and famous
for his uncanny ability to help business people solve their toughest
problems. He was a Baker Scholar at HarvardBusinessSchool where he
earned his MBA with distinction, as well as his DBA. He is a frequent
contributor to
Fortune
magazine and
Harvard Business Review
. His articles have also appeared in the
Financial Times
,
Strategy + Business
and
Director's Monthly.
He is also the co-author of
Execution
and
Confronting Reality
.
