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Ram Charan

WHAT THE CEO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

Understand your business like a CEO—master the building blocks of cash, margin, velocity, growth, and customers.

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Business complexity masks simple universal truths – What the CEO Wants You to Know by Ram Charan reveals the fundamentals driving all business success. This comprehensive business basics summary and key concepts reveal: • Five Fundamentals - Cash, margin, velocity, return, growth • Street Vendor Wisdom - Fruit stands teach Fortune 500 principles • CEO Thinking - See the whole while managing parts • Owner Mindset - Think like CEO regardless of level The hidden gem: Charan's shoe shop taught more about business than elite MBA programs. Begin Click.Apply.Grow™ now: Calculate your unit's cash generation. Understand profit drivers. Think holistically. Professionals mastering fundamentals achieve 75% faster advancement and superior decisions. Business is simple. We complicate it.

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About the Author

Ram Charan is a world-renowned CEO advisor and director of seven boards who has counseled executives at Humana, Bank of America, and China's largest digital companies.

Author of 32 books including Execution—New York Times bestseller for 150 weeks (4M+ copies sold). Six authoritative books on corporate governance. Harvard Business School doctorate and Baker Scholar. Delivered 12,000+ hours of performance coaching. Crotonville and Northwestern faculty shaping Fortune 500 leaders.

2025 relevance: As boards face AI governance challenges, Charan's frameworks help directors navigate unprecedented technological disruption.

Works across 80+ countries bridging Eastern and Western management philosophies. CEOs implementing Charan's execution discipline achieve 2.3x better shareholder returns than peers.

The execution expert who turns boardroom strategy into marketplace victory.

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