Charan has consulted for companies such as
GE,
KLM,
Bank of America, Praxair and
Jaypee Associates. He is the author of various books on business, including
Talent Masters,
Leaders At All Levels',
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times,
Boards That Deliver,
What The CEO Wants You To Know,
Boards At Work,
Every Business Is A Growth Business (with
Noel Tichy), ''Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business
, Confronting Reality
, Know How
and Execution'' (with
Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck), which was a best-seller. Charan runs his business management consulting company under the name Charan Associates in Dallas, TX. Records show the company was established in 1981 and incorporated in Texas. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $500,000 to $1 million and employs a staff of approximately 1 to 4. Charan sits on the board for Austin Industries, SSA & Company (formerly Six Sigma Academy), and TE Connectivity. Charan partnered with
Kevin R. Cope and Stephen M.R. Covey to form Acumen Learning. Acumen Learning and Ram Charan have an agreement to use the concepts in his book: "What the CEO Wants You to Know". Ram has helped to define and popularize the idea of
business acumen being an essential leadership characteristic in management. In November 2012, Dr. Ram Charan, along with
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev guided
Insight: the DNA of Success a leadership program bringing together, for the first time, the tools of professional and personal empowerment. Fortune magazine calls him 'the most influential consultant alive'. The 4-day program held at the
Isha Yoga Center, saw 200 business leaders converge in an exploration that bridged spirituality and business. Charan was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2000 and named a Distinguished Fellow in 2005. == Awards ==