The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Well-Being

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, 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; 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 won 2019 Best Symposium Proposal Award. He was also invited to chair a track on Spirituality in Management, for the 16^th International Conference on Business Management, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

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, co-edited, and translated over 25 management, leadership, spirituality, and accounting related books and research monographs, including most recently authoring: 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 A. D. 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). He has also translated several Indian spiritual classics into English, including the Sahaja Gītā.

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 Routledge Frontiers in Sustainable Business Series, and lead editor of Springer Series in Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership. Some of his forthcoming titles include: Leading without PowerA Model of Highly Fulfilled Leaders (2020--Palgrave Macmillan); Conscious Consumption: Healthy, Humane and Sustainable Living (2020--Routledge, UK); Wise Leadership for Turbulent Times (2020--Routledge, UK; with Kriger); Editor-in-Chief, Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Wellbeing--A Major Reference Work (2020), Routledge Companion to Mindfulness at Work (2020), and Positive Leadership and Change - A Practical Guide for Workplace Transformation (2020--Springer International, Switzerland).

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. 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 has served as the President of International Chamber for Service Industry (ICSI: 2016-2018) and currently serves as its Patron.