Professor Jagdish Sheth

“Leadership is all about architecting the future.”

“Leadership is universal and essential to all walks of life. It transcends gender, ethnicity, religion and literacy.”

“What matters most in leadership is surviving in adversity and thriving through imagination.”

Professor Jagdish N. Sheth is a renowned scholar and internationally recognized thought leader. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed research papers on various topics and disciplines, and over 30 books including: The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies, The Rule of Three, Clients for Life, The 4 As of Marketing, Firms of Endearment and Chindia Rising. Prof. Sheth’s insights on global competition, strategic thinking, geopolitics, and emerging markets are considered revolutionary.

Admired by academic, business, and government leaders alike, Prof. Sheth’s timely advice aids business leaders and policymakers looking to develop long-term strategies for positioning for the future.

A firm believer in the aphorism “the best way to learn is to teach,” Prof. Sheth’s academic and consulting career has paralleled his teaching and training career. He launched his first Executive Education program during his time at Columbia University in the mid-1960s. Since then, Prof. Sheth has created and implemented hundreds of Executive Education programs across a wide range of industries including, but not limited to, consumer packaged goods, electric utilities, oil, automotive, appliances, semiconductors, telecommunications and transformers. Prof. Sheth’s programs have had a significant and enduring impact on numerous businesses.

After over 50 years in academia and industry, it is Prof. Sheth’s desire to make his knowledge and insights on business, management and leadership accessible to a larger audience. It is his belief that unlike physical and monetary assets, which are depreciative, knowledge is an appreciative asset, and thus should be shared as a force for the good and progress of society.

The Sheth Video Library makes over five decades of Prof. Sheth’s research and consulting knowledge available to the larger public.