Ram Charan (Hindi राम चरण; Uttar Pradesh, 1939) is an Indian-American business consultant, speaker, and writer resident in Dallas, Texas.
[1] Charan has consulted for companies such as GE, KLM, Bank of America, Praxair and Jaypee Associates.
[3] Charan sits on the board for Austin Industries, SSA & Company (formerly Six Sigma Academy),[4] and TE Connectivity.
[6] Ram has helped to define and popularize the idea of business acumen[7] being an essential leadership characteristic in management.
In November 2012, Dr. Ram Charan, along with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev[8] guided Insight: the DNA of Success[9] a leadership program bringing together, for the first time, the tools of professional and personal empowerment.