Ken Blanchard | |
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 Ken Blanchard | |
| Born | May 6, 1939 |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, 1961 Colgate University, 1963 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Motivational speaker, Consultant, Management expert |
| Notable work | The One Minute Manager, 1982 Leadership and the One Minute Manager, 1985 Raving Fans, 1993 Gung Ho!, Legendary Service: The Key is to Care, 1996 The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, 2004 Refire! Don't Retire, 2015 |
| Spouse | Marjorie Blanchard |
Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born May 6, 1939) is an American author, business consultant and motivational speaker who has written more than 70 books, most of which were co-authored. His most successful book, The One Minute Manager, has sold more than 15 million copies and been translated into many languages.[1] He is the co-creator with Dr. Paul Hersey of Situational Leadership, a theory they developed while working on the textbook Management of Organizational Behavior.[2]
Blanchard is the Chief Spiritual Officer of Blanchard,[3] an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Marjorie Blanchard, co-founded in 1979 in San Diego, California.[4]
- ^ Sullivan, Patricia (2019). "Chief Spiritual Officer: How did former UMass faculty member Ken Blanchard build a business on praise and positivity?". The Magazine of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- ^ Hersey, Paul; Blanchard, Kenneth H.; Johnson, Dewey E. (2013). Management of organizational behavior: leading human resources. Boston: Pearson. ISBN 978-0-13-255640-8.
- ^ "Ken Blanchard Companies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-22.
- ^ Archipelago, World. "Ken Blanchard". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2016-06-14.