Satinder K. Dhiman

SATINDER K. DHIMAN, PH.D., ED.D., MBA, MCOM (Gold-Medalist)

Scholar | Author | Associate Dean | Chair & Director, MBA|

Accreditation Evaluator | Wellbeing Consultant | Professor

Tedx Talk: Everyone Loves Stories: Satinder Dhiman at TEDxCollegeoftheCanyons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3iAhzJAwlo&t=157s

Recognized as a lead thinker for his pioneer contributions to the field of transformational leadership, workplace spirituality, workplace wellbeing, sustainability, and fulfillment in personal and professional arena, Professor Dhiman is a sought after Keynote speaker at regional, national and international conferences. In 2013, he was invited to be the opening speaker at the prestigious TEDx Conference @ College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. Since then, he has led several major national and international conferences as co-organizer and/or as track chair.

With an instructional and research focus on leadership and organizational behavior—and with specific concentration on sustainability, workplace spirituality and wellbeing—Professor Dhiman holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Tilburg University, Netherlands, an EdD in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, an MBA from West Coast University, Los Angeles, and a Master’s degree in Commerce from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, having earned the Gold Medal. He has also completed advanced Executive Leadership Programs at Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton.

Recipient of several national and international academic and professional honors and awards in teaching, scholarship, and service, Professor Dhiman won the Woodbury University Ambassador of the Year Award in 2015 and 2017 and MBA Professor of the Year Award in 2015; Scholarly and Creative Writing Award, 2019; Most Valuable MBA Professor Award, 2018; Most Inspirational and Most Charismatic MBA Teacher Award 2012, 2013/2014/2018; the Steve Allen Excellence in Education Award in 2006, and the prestigious ACBSP International Teacher of the Year Award in 2004. Most recently, he chaired a symposium at the Academy of Management that received 2019 Best Symposium Proposal and Showcase Symposium Award.

Professor Dhiman has done over 60 Conference Presentations and more than 55 Invited Keynotes, Plenary Sessions, Conference Track Chair Sessions, Distinguished Key Guest Lectures and Creative Workshops—nationally and internationally and have published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Author, translator, editor, co-author, co-editor of over 35 management, leadership, spirituality, sustainability and accounting-related books and research monographs, his recent books include: New Horizons in Management, Leadership and Sustainability (2021— Springer, with Samaratunge); Bhagavad Gītā and Leadership: A Catalyst for Organizational Transformation (2019—Palgrave Macmillan); Managing by the Bhagavad Gītā: Timeless Lessons for Today’s Managers (2018—Springer; with Amar); Holistic Leadership (Palgrave 2017), Gandhi and Leadership (Palgrave 2015), Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People (2012); and co-editing and co-authoring, with Marques, Spirituality and Sustainability (Springer 2016), Leadership Today (Springer, 2016), Engaged Leadership (Springer, 2018), New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change (Springer, 2020), and Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (Springer, 2020). He has also translated several Indian spiritual classics into English, including the Sahaja Gītā.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of seven multi-author Major Reference Works: Springer Handbook of Engaged Sustainability (2018—Springer International, Switzerland) and Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment (2018—Palgrave Macmillan, USA); Routledge Companion to Mindfulness at Work (2020); Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Wellbeing—A (2021—Palgrave Macmillan); Routledge Companion to Leadership and Change (2022—Routledge, UK); The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership (2022—Palgrave Macmillan, USA; with Roberts); The Springer Handbook of Global Leadership and Followership (2022—Springer International, Switzerland; with Marques, Schmieder-Ramirez, and Malakyan).

Additionally, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment; Routledge Frontiers in Sustainable Business; the General Editor of a series entitled Routledge Frontiers in Sustainable Business Practice (the Series); and co-editor of Springer Series in Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership.

Some of his select forthcoming titles include Leading without Power: A Model of Highly Fulfilled Leaders (2022—Palgrave Macmillan); Conscious Consumption: Healthy, Humane and Sustainable Living (2022—Routledge, UK); Wise Leadership for Turbulent Times (2021—Routledge, UK); and Creative Leadershift: Discover. Innovate. Enact. (2022—Routledge, with Chandra Handa). He has published research with his colleagues in Journal of Values-Based Leadership, Organization Development Journal, Journal of Management Development, Journal of Social Change, Journal of Applied Business and Economics, and Performance Improvement.

Currently, Professor Dhiman serves as the Associate Dean, Chair and Director of the MBA Program; and as the Professor of Management at Woodbury University, Burbank, California.

He has served as the Chair for a special MBA Program for the Mercedes-Benz executives, China. He was invited as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara campus, Mexico; and has served as E-Commerce curriculum lead advisor, Universidad Francisco Gavidia, El Salvador, and coordinator for LA Fieldtrip for MBA students for the Berlin University for Professional Studies (DUW). He was also invited by Monash University, Australia, to lead a track in Spirituality in Management in the 16th International Conference in Business Management, held during Dec. 12-15, 2019. He has served as the President (2016-2018) and now serves as a distinguished Patron, International Chamber for Service Industry (ICSI).

Professor Dhiman has served as Accreditation Consultant, Evaluator, and Site Visit Team Leader for the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for more than 25 universities in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He is the Founder-Director of Forever Fulfilled, a Los Angeles-based Wellbeing Consultancy that focuses on workplace wellness, workplace spirituality, and self-leadership.

Professor Dhiman is committed to an interdisciplinary research portfolio and has published scholarship in many fields including organization behavior, holistic leadership, workplace spirituality, workplace wellbeing and fulfillment, sustainability, servant leadership, mindfulness, social entrepreneurship, education, organization development, and eastern and western philosophy.

Satinder enjoys classical music, poetry, and reading books.

He lives in North Hills, California, with his wife, Shally, and three sons, Rohit, Nitin, and Tarun.