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Ken Blanchard
American motivational speaker and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | (1939-05-06) May 6, 1939 (age 85) |
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 |
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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]