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By Ram Charan. Penguin/portfolio 2007 , What The Customer Wants You To Know: How Everybody Needs To Think Differently is a book written by Ram Charan and published by Penguin UK. In this book, Ram Charan brings his expertise and explains how the crisis of a broken selling system can be tackled. According to the author, today selling has become a war of prices. Conducting a business transaction is no longer fun according to the author since most customers feel cheated by their respective vendors. In this book, the author states that the easiest way to avoid the hassle is to understand the customerâ€™s point of view. He states that instead of feeling cheated, the consumer should look to the seller for assistance in todayâ€™s cost-effective times. The author brings in a new aspect of selling, which he calls value creation selling. In a comprehensive and lucid manner, he states that this process will lead to finding a harmonious standing for both the buyer and the seller.The author, Ram Charan, is an experienced business consultant who is considered to be one of Indiaâ€™s prime speakers and writers on the subject of business strategies. He graduated from Harvard Business School. He has won several accolades for his work. In 2010, the Economic Times named him Global Indian of the year. 9780143065685

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INSPIRING JOURNEY OF A HERO: LEARNINGS FROM THE LIFE OF O. P. MUNJAL

By Priya Kumar. Penguin/portfolio 2014

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NEVER BE CLOSING : HOW TO BETTER WITHOUT SCREWING YOUR CLIENTS, YOUR COLLEAGUES, OR YOURSELF

By Tim Hurson And Tim Dunne. Penguin/portfolio 2014 9781591846765

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THE GREATEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD? : THE STORY OF TATA

By Peter Casey. Penguin/portfolio 2014 9780670087686

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KARMAYOGI: A BIOGRAPHY OF E. SREEDHARAN

By Ashokan M S . Penguin/Portfolio 2015 , Karmayogi is the dramatic and inspiring story of E. Sreedharan, the much-admired engineer and technocrat who won accolades for finishing the Delhi Metro project within budget and on time, in the face of severe constraints. Known for his efficiency and discipline and regarded the world over for his productivity standards, Sreedharan has, surprisingly, never spent more than the eight-hour workday in office. This fascinating book looks back on an extraordinary career full of sterling achievements- Sreedharan s years with the Railways, the building of the Kolkata Metro and the Konkan Railway, followed by the Delhi Metro, and the many metro projects he is involved with now. Translated from a bestselling biography in Malayalam, this is the uplifting story of a very private person who has become an icon of modern India because of his uncompromising work ethic. 9780143425304

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INDIAN RAILWAYS : Weaving of a National Tapestry

By Bibek Debroy. USA Penguin/Portfolio 2017 , The fascinating story of the network that made modern India The railways brought modernity to India. Its vast network connected the far corners of the subcontinent, making travel, communication and commerce simpler than ever before. Even more importantly, the railways played a large part in the making of the nation: by connecting historically and geographically disparate regions and people, it forever changed the way Indians lived and thought and eventually made a national identity possible. This engagingly written, anecdotally told history captures the immense power of a business behemoth as well as the romance of train travel; tracing the growth of the railways from the 1830s (when the first plans were made) to Independence, Bibek Debroy and his co-authors recount how the railway network was built in India and how it grew to become a lifeline that still weaves the nation together. This latest volume in The Story of Indian Business series will delight anyone interested in finding out more about the Indian Railways. 9780143426752

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BIOGRAPHY OF INNOVATIONS FROM BIRTH TO MATURITY

By Gopalakrishnan, R. USA Penguin/Portfolio 2017 , R. Gopalakrishnan, the bestselling author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager, explores how concepts turn into ideas, which then become prototypes, models and products. Defining thought as the ancestor of innovation; as without thought, there could be no innovation, he explores the impending questions such as What happens next? How can you take on challenges and keep your ideas relevant? The Biography of Innovation is the definitive book on the life cycle of new ideas and transformations. About the Author R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty-two years. He serves as an executive director of Tata Sons Ltd and as a director on the board of Tata Power, Tata Technologies, AkzoNobel India, Castrol India and ABP Pvt. Ltd. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics in Kolkata and electronic engineering at IIT Kharagpur. 9780670089895

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INDIAN INSTINCTS

By Miniya Chatterji . USA Penguin Portfolio 2018 , From tracing the possible first arrival of man in India to writing about love, sex, money, parenting and values in Indian society and discussing nationalism, religion and democracy, Miniya Chatterji presents an accessible yet brilliant intellectual treatise about issues that affect Indians the most. Indian Instincts is a seminal and deeply philosophical work, presented tactfully with entertaining and memorable instances. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to know what makes an Indian. The vivid and insightful examples make us reflect: Are we willingly entrapped in the institutions of our own making? Have these institutions-the government, corporations, religion-become sources of the problem in India, increasing economic inequality? This book, a collection of fifteen powerful essays that argue for greater equality and opportunity in contemporary India, holds up a mirror to what we Indians have become. 9780670089734

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KARMAYOGI: A BIOGRAPHY OF E. SREEDHARAN

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OVER ACHIEVEMENT : New Model For Exceptional Performance

By John Eliot. New Delhi Penguin Portfolio , "As Dr. Eliot has discovered through years of cutting-edge research in cognitive neuroscience and real-world coaching, techniques such as goal-setting, relaxation, visualization, stress management, and flow just don't work for most people. He's proven that at high levels of business, medicine, entertainment, and sports, relaxing when the pressure is on is the wrong way to go." In Overachievement, Dr. Eliot offers the rest of us the counterintuitive and unconventional concepts that have been embraced by the Olympic athletes, business moguls, top surgeons, salesmen, financial experts, and rock stars who have turned to him for performance enhancement advice. 9780143101956

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