Today, business leaders at every level face an unprecedented challenge: the worldwide economic downturn.  Cash and credit are dwindling, sales forecasts are dismal, and morale is sinking.  This is not a time to reflect.  It is a time to act, decide, and energise people – with urgency.

LEADERSHIP IN THE ERA OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY

In LEADERSHIP IN THE ERA OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times, international business guru Ram Charan offers a concise and highly accessible guide to help steer businesses through the ongoing uncertainty and position it for a new future.  No matter what the leadership role, Charan’s insight will help ensure that businesses emerge leaner, stronger, and well in front of the competition.  

He offers practical techniques to help deal with:

CASH AND CREDIT CRUNCHES

SHRINKING BUDGETS

COLLAPSING MARKETS 

SINKING WORKFORCE

MORALE DISAPPEARING

SUPPLIERS

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.  In the book, he provides help to leaders at every level, from the CEO and country managers to department heads in finance, marketing, sales, and manufacturing.  Included are examples and cases studies that illustrate how leaders at DuPont, Hanes brands, Wipro, and other companies have uses Charan’s techniques to get results.

Charan writes: “We will not know when we have turned the corner, and we cannot envision the shape and scope of the world that will emerge.  What we can be sure of is that this is a time of tumultuous change, and with change come both danger and opportunity.”  

THE AUTHOR

Ram Charan is the coauthor of bestsellers Execution and Confronting Reality and the author of What the CEO Wants You to Know and 10 other books.  A noted expert on business strategy, he has coached some of the world’s most successful CEOs and helped companies like GE, Bank of America, Verizon, KLM, and Thomson shape and implement their strategic direction.