Satinder K. Dhiman Ph.D., Ed.D., MBA, M.Com (Gold Medalist)
Scholar | Author | Associate Dean | Chair and Director, MBA | Accreditation Evaluator |Well-being Consultant | Professor
Recognized as a lead thinker for his pioneering contributions to the field of transformational leadership, workplace spirituality, workplace well-being, sustainability, and fulfillment in personal and professional arena, Professor Dhiman is a sought-after keynote speaker at regional, national, and international conferences. In 2013, Professor Dhiman 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 well-being – Professor Dhiman holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Tilburg University, the Netherlands; an Ed.D. 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, 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, Professor Dhiman chaired a symposium at the Academy of Management that received 2019 Best Symposium Proposal Award. 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 December 12–15, 2019.
Professor Dhiman has done over 65 conference presentations and more than 60 invited keynotes, plenary sessions, distinguished key guest lectures, and creative workshops – nationally and internationally – and has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He is author, translator, editor, co-author, and co-editor of more than 35 management, leadership, spirituality, and accounting related books and research monographs. His recent books include Bhagavad Gita and Leadership: A Catalyst for Organizational Transformation (2019 – Palgrave Macmillan); Managing by the Bhagavad Gita: 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), and Engaged Leadership (Springer, 2018); New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change; and Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (2020 – Springer). He has also translated several Indian spiritual classics into English, including the Sahaja Gita.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of four 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 Well-Being (2020 – Palgrave Macmillan); Editor-in-Chief of Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment; Routledge Frontiers in Sustainable Business; and lead editor of Springer Series in Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership. Some of his forthcoming titles include Routledge Companion to Leadership and Change; Leading without Power: A Model of Highly Fulfilled Leaders (2021 – Palgrave Macmillan); Conscious Consumption: Healthy, Humane and Sustainable Living (2021 – Routledge, UK); Wise Leadership for Turbulent Times (2021 – Routledge, UK); and New Horizons in Management, Leadership and Sustainability: Innovative Case Studies and Solutions for Emerging Economies (2020 – Springer; with Samaratunge).
Currently, Professor Dhiman serves as the Associate Dean, Chair, and Director of the MBA Program and as Professor of Management at Woodbury University, Burbank, California. He has served as the Chair for a special MBA Program for Mercedes-Benz executives, China. Profess
