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Books by Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard

Paul Hersey was a professor, consultant, and co-developer of Situational Leadership Theory. He founded the Center for Leadership Studies and remained active in leadership training until his death in 2012. Kenneth Blanchard is a prolific management author and co-founder of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global leadership development firm. Their collaboration on Management of Organizational Behavior, first published in 1969, ran through multiple editions and became one of the most widely used leadership textbooks in business education. Blanchard later developed the framework further in books like Leadership and the One Minute Manager.