Kenneth Blanchard is an American businessman, as well as a consultant, speaker, trainer, and author on management and leadership.
He owns the Ken Blanchard Companies, a family-owned business in San Diego, California, and is well-known for developing the Blanchard and Hersey Model of situational leadership theory, together with Paul Hersey. He and others have extended it as Situational Leadership® II. With Spencer Johnson, he developed the One Minute Manager concept, and co-authored a series of books on it. His One Minute Manager Library has collectively sold more than 7 million copies and has been translated into more than 20 languages. He has also tied in Situational Leadership with team development, which he calls Highly Performing Teams.
Dr. Blanchard received his B.A. from Cornell University in government and philosophy, an M.A. from Colgate University in sociology and counseling, and a Ph.D. from Cornell in educational administration and leadership. He maintains a faculty position as Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting lectureship at Cornell University, where he is also an elected member of the Board of Trustees.
He has been a guest on a number of national television programs, and has been featured in Time, People, US News & World Report.
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