Dr. Paul Hersey

Dr. Paul Hersey’s Situational Leadership^® has been used to train well over 1,000,000 managers and sales people from more than 1,000 businesses and other organizations. He is an internationally-known behavioral scientist and highly-successful entrepreneur.

Professor Hersey is recognized as one of the world’s outstanding authorities on training and development in leadership, management, and selling. In addition to his teaching, he is a consultant, on a continuing basis, to industrial, government, and military organizations.

Dr. Hersey is presently a Distinguished Professor of Leadership Studies at Nova Southeastern University. He is a former faculty member of Northern Illinois University, California State College at Chico, University of Arkansas, and Ohio University. Dr. Hersey has served in the roles of Chairman of the Department of Management and Dean of the School of Business for Ohio University and Alliant University. Dr. Hersey has also served as Project Director for the Industrial Relations Center of the University of Chicago, Training Director at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company, and Department Head at Sandia Corporation.

Dr. Hersey has authored and co-authored numerous papers, articles, and books including Management of Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources, Organizational Change through Effective Leadership and Selling: A Behavioral Science Approach. His most recent books include The Situational Leader, Situational Selling^®, Situational Service^®: Customer Care for the Practitioner, and Situational Parenting^®.

In regards to education, Dr. Hersey has received numerous degrees from various institutions including a Doctorate of Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.B.A. Degrees from the Universities of Arkansas and Chicago, and a B.S. Degree from Seton Hall University.