Param Srikantia

Dr. Param Srikantia is a professor of the management and leadership department in the Baldwin Wallace Carmel Boyer School of Business. A TEDx presenter and a keynote speaker, he has embarked on public seminars with a focus on the transformation of personal and organizational consciousness that have now grown to a contagious level of popularity reaching several hundred thousand attendees across the world. The seminars are a unique blend of humor, storytelling, pantomimes, mindfulness and applied behavioral science insights woven together in a unique genre at the intersection of education and entertainment.

Srikantia has authored over 35 scholarly papers in management, published and presented at conferences in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. He has worked in leadership positions in six global conglomerates including the World Bank Group, Arthur Andersen, the Unilever Group, the American Cyanamid Company, Lederle Laboratories and the Tata Group of Companies, in addition to projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and USAID. He has taught as lead faculty at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, as visiting faculty at the Schar School of Government and Policy at George Mason University, and at the business programs at the University of Iowa, The FAE Business School in Brazil, the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and the S.P Jain Institute of Management & Research in India.

He was invited by the Institute for Management Studies (IMS), an international training organization that features "cutting edge" thinkers to offer seminars to their membership base of companies in the United States, Canada and Europe. Dr. Steve Daniel, Former National Program Manager of IMS equated Srikantia’s capabilities with those of seven legendary management educators and invited him to speak at an IMS conference featuring senior leaders from 26 cities across North America and Europe:

"Dr. Srikantia is one of the very best educators with whom IMS has worked," Dr. Daniel wrote. "This is saying a great deal as IMS has been around since 1974 and has been fortunate to work with many remarkable people over the years, including Stephen Covey, Charles Handy, Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, David Ulrich, Vijay Govindrajan and Ram Charan to name just a few. As a thinker and educator, I believe that Dr. Srikantia occupies a secure place in this exclusive group."

Areas of Expertise

Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development & Change Management, Leadership, Innovation & Creativity, Wellness & Stress Management, Emotional Intelligence, Team Development, Intercultural Communication.

Courses

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Management (MGT-205)
• Behavioral Theories of Management (MGT-409D)
• Leadership Excellence (MGT-405)

Graduate

• Systems Management & Organizational Theory (MGT-501)
• Organizational leadership (MGT-509)
• Managing Creativity, Change & Innovation (MGT-657)

Scholarly Presentations and Publications

Rassooly, Ariana and Param Srikantia (2023). "Realigning Management with Social Justice: A Case for Exploring the Hidden Levers of Transformation." Paper accepted for presentation at the peer reviewed Management & Social Justice Conference, New School, New York City, April 26-29.

Srikantia, Param, Kara Rubaker and Ariana Rassooly (2023). "Searching for the Missing Pieces in Healthcare’sQuality Assurance/Quality Management Puzzle." Paper accepted for presentation at the peer reviewed Management & Social Justice Conference, New School, New York City, April 26-29.

Srikantia, Param (2022). "Five Paths to Enlightened Presence: Being the Candle that Lights Other Candles." Presentation at the PDW, "Enhancing Group Mindfulness and Coherence: Practices for Connectedness and Celebrating Differences" at the Annual Academy of Management Meeting, August 2022.

Srikantia, Param (2021). "Tojo Thatchenkery: Concept Champion, Engaged Educator and Passionate Practitioner" in Szabla, D, William Pasmore and M. Barnes (Eds.). Palgrave MacMillan Great Thinker’s of Change Handbook.

Thatchenkery, T. and Srikantia, Param (2021). "Phil Mirvis: Fusing Radical Humanism and Organizational Spirituality in a Boundaryless Career" in Szabla, D, William Pasmore and M. Barnes (Eds.). Palgrave MacMillan Great Thinker’s of Change Handbook.

Srikantia, Param (2021). "The Manager as Enlightened Presence," paper presentation at the PDW "The Art and Practice of Consciousness-based Transformation" co-chaired by Param Srikantia and Tojo Thatchenkery, Annual Academy of Management Meeting, August 2021.

Srikantia, Param (2021). "Mental health impact of the Pandemic on Human Alienation." Paper presentation at the PDW "Applications of Mindfulness in Post-pandemic Era" co-chaired by Param Srikantia and Tojo Thatchenkery, Annual Academy of Management Meeting, August 2021.