Vijay Sathe

Just six months after launching our new business publishing imprint – Business Expert Press – we are excited to bring you our first title and our first author. Vijay entrusted us with his latest book—which is based on his many years of preparing MBAs and executives to better manage their careers—because he believes in our mission of bringing concise, applied, authoritative, and affordable books to aspiring managers as well as to experienced executives in need of easily read and immediately actionable advice.

Vijay Sathe was previously on the faculty at the Harvard Business School and has taught occasionally at IMD (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Pune, India; an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin; and an M.B.A and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Ohio State University.

Vijay is an expert in the areas of leadership and cultural change, building winning executive teams, and revitalization of the organization and self. He has published numerous articles and several books including: Culture and Related Corporate Realities (Irwin) and with Phyllis Schlesinger, Leonard Schlesinger, and John Kotter, Organization (Irwin).

Professor Sathe has advised and coached top executives and others in a variety of enterprises, including entrepreneurial startups; domestic and multinational corporations; professional service, nonprofit, and volunteer organizations; and government agencies. He has taught in a number of M.B.A., executive education, and corporate programs around the world and has received the “Professor of the Year” award from the Drucker M.B.A. graduating class seven times in the last 10 years in recognition of his outstanding teaching.

Praise for Manage Your Career: 10 Keys to Survival and Success When Interviewing and on the Job

“Professor Sathe is a great gift, a passionate teacher who cares deeply about the life arc of each individual student. In his vibrant classroom, he translates strategic management into a personal discipline—and here in these pages, he brings to you and me the benefits of his wise mentorship.” Jim Collins, author of Good to Great

“Vijay Sathe offers in this book his unique advice for achieving success throughout our careers. But he does more than that. By sharing his values and helping clarify ours, he inspires us to go beyond success and build a wonderful life of meaning and purpose.” Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Partner of Egon Zehnder International, author of Great People Decisions

“Imagine inviting an acclaimed business school professor and one of the world’s top management experts into your office to help guide you through your entire career, steering you from start to finish. Vijay Sathe is not only a hugely respected management consultant; he’s one of a rare few who have also tested and refined his ideas in rigorous academic environments over the last 30 years. By reading this book, be assured that you have hired the very best to help you navigate through the many challenges and opportunities that you will face throughout your working experience.” Rabbi Robert Wegbreit, PhD, Educational Director of Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah, Israel