Professor Ram Charan delivered a lecture on Digital Transformation Strategies at Jaipuria Institute of Management on July 26, 2019. This lecture was a part of Thought Leadership Series organised by Jaipuria Institute of Management.

Prof Charan is an influential consultant. He has written close to 25 books and more than 2 million copies have sold.

He said that success and development is progressive and is a continuous journey so one has to keep learning. He shared a 3-point principle with the student, select 3 focus area in your life and put 2/3 of your time in achieving the same. Focusing on the role of communication for managers he added that for achieving success in life one has to be a very good listener and should listen to the opinion of other person without interrupting in between, once he has completed the counter points may be raised but first one has to ensure that he has understood the opinion in all respect.

Speaking on the success and failures of organisations he said: “Right people for the right job is one of the most fundamental and most violated norm of business. For success of any organisation it is crucially important that people with right kind of desired skills are assigned the right kind of job. Together people will design the system and an efficient system will ensure success. He added that people are the biggest asset for any leader or an organisation.”

The talk was attended by delegates from various educational institutions, industry and other renowned dignitaries from Lucknow.