Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

In the 1960s Ken co-developed the Situational Leadership theory and model with Paul Hersey. He has coauthored over 30 other best-selling books including Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service (1993) Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership (1985) (in which he coined the term seagull manager) Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization (1997) Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships (2002) and Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations (2006). He attended New Rochelle High School graduating in 1957.

Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born May 6 1939) is an American author and management expert. He has coauthored over 30 other best-selling books including Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service (1993) Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership (1985) (in which he coined the term seagull manager) Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization (1997) Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships (2002) and Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations (2006). Blanchard is the Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife Marjorie Blanchard cofounded in 1979 in San Diego California.