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Satinder Dhiman: Recognized as a lead thinker for his pioneer contributions to the field of spirituality in the workplace, sustainability, and fulfillment in personal and professional arena, Professor Dhiman is a sought after Keynote speaker at regional, national and international conferences. In 2013, Dr. Dhiman was invited to be the opening speaker at the prestigious TEDx Conference @ College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. 

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, Dr. Dhiman won the Woodbury University Ambassador of the Year Award in 2015 and 2017 and MBA Professor of the Year Award in 2015; Most Inspirational and Most Charismatic MBA Professor of the Year Award in 2012, 2013, and 2014; the Steve Allen Excellence in Education Award in 2006, and the prestigious ACBSP International Teacher of the Year Award in 2004.

Professor Dhiman has done over 50 Conference Presentations and more than 50 Invited Keynotes, Plenary Sessions, Distinguished Key Guest Lectures and Creative Workshops-nationally and internationally; published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters; authored, co-authored, and co-edited over 20 management, leadership, and accounting related books and research monographs, including most recently authoring: Holistic Leadership (Palgrave 2017), Gandhi and Leadership (Palgrave 2015), Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People (2012); and co-editing and co-authoring, with Joan Marques, Spirituality and Sustainability (Springer 2016), Leadership Today (Springer 2016), and Engaged Leadership (Springer, 2018).

He is the Editor-in-Chief of two 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), Editor-in-Chief of Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment and editor of Springer Series in Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership. Some of his forthcoming titles include: Bhagavad Gi ta and Leadership: A Catalyst for Organizational Transformation; Leading without Power: AModel of Highly Fulfilled Leaders (2018/2019-Palgrave Macmillan), and Conscious Consumption: Diet, Sustainability and Wellbeing (2019-Routledge, UK).

Currently, Professor Dhiman serves as the Associate Dean, Chair and Director of the MBA Program; and 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. Dr. Dhiman also serves as Accreditation Consultant, Evaluator, and Site Visit Team Leader for the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for various universities in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Professor Dhiman is the Founder-Director of Forever Fulfilled, a Los Angeles-based Wellbeing Consultancy that focuses on workplace wellness, workplace spirituality, and self-leadership. He also serves as the President of International Chamber for Service Industry (ICSI).

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