Thursday, December 22, 2005

Between 3 to 33

I was delighted to see 4 Indians making into the latest ranking of the "World's Top 50 Business Gurus" by the European Foundation for Management Development.

C K Prahalad, rank # 3
Ram Charan, rank # 24
Vijay Govindarajan, rank #30
Rakesh Khurana, rank #33

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2005/dec/21sld1.htm

The rank is no more than just a number. Every one of them has contributed to the world of management in their own way.

CKP has made the corporates around the globe rethink on their strategies in serving the developing and the third world nations by his "Bottom of the Pyramid" concept. Not to mention his magic word “Core Competency", which i am sure is one of the most frequently used words in any of the Strategy Sessions. His books are indeed a good reference for the B-School students.

Ram Charan is known to be a CEO coach, adviser, author and teacher.
An expert in corporate governance, Ram has coached some of the world's best-known CEOs, including GE's Jack Welch and Honeywell's Larry Bossidy.

Vijay Govindarajan specialises in 'strategy,' with emphasis on strategic innovation, industry transformation and organisation.
Vijay's latest book -- Ten Rules For Strategic Innovators -- is likely to be one of the biggest business books of 2006.

Rakesh Khurana - a specialist in Organisational Behavior, throws up unique insights into the CEO talent market, and indeed challenges many of the myths that high-paid CEOs put out about the connection between pay and performance.

Great Going. Keep Inspiring