Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed business advisor, speaker, and author. A noted expert on business strategy, Ram has coached some of the world's most successful CEOs, and for more than thirty-five years has worked behind the scenes at leading companies helping them to develop, shape and implement their strategic direction.

He is a doctorate from Harvard Business School where he graduated with high distinction and was a Baker Scholar. He then served on the Harvard Business School faculty. Ram is a favorite among executive educators. He won the Bell Ringer (best teacher) award at GE's famous Crotonville Institute. He won similar awards at Wharton and Northwestern. He was among Business Week's top ten resources for in-house executive development programs.