Max de Pree
Max de Pree
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth28 October 1924
CountryUnited States of America
meaningful opportunity differences
To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.
integrity lying heart
Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.
people innovation body
If you want the best things to happen in corporate life you have to find ways to be hospitable to the unusual person. You don't get innovation as a democratic process. You almost get it as an anti-democratic process. Certainly you get it as an antithetical process, so you have to have an environment where the body of people are really amenable to change and can deal with the conflicts that arise out of change an innovation.
pain leader able
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right
friendship dog alliances
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.
thinking diversity understanding
Understanding and accepting diversity enables us to see that each of us is needed.. It also enables us to begin to think about being abandoned to the strengths of others, of admitting that we cannot know or do everything.
integrity essentials demonstration
Integrity in all things precedes all else. The open demonstration of integrity is essential.
unique whales diversity
A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.
knowing listening answers
We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.
humane-way people liberating
Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.
vision way teach
We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.
teamwork art keys
The key elements in the art of working together are how to deal with change, how to deal with conflict, and how to reach our potential...the needs of the team are best met when we meet the needs of individual persons.
art lying love-is
In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept of persons. This begins with an understanding of the diversity of people's gifts and talents and skills. Recognizing diversity gives us the chance to provide meaning, fulfillment and purpose, which are not to be relegated solely to private life any more than such things as love, beauty and joy. The art of leadership lies in polishing and liberating and enabling those gifts.
beautiful healing exercise
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.