Max de Pree
Max de Pree
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth28 October 1924
CountryUnited States of America
organization knowing people
Innovation is the lifeblood of an organization. Knowing how to lead and work with creative people requires knowledge and action that often goes against the typical organizational structure. Protect unusual people from bureaucracy and legalism typical of organizations.
people civility decline
We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.
jobs people leader
The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.
simple people diversity
The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work and service of the corporation.
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.
humane-way people liberating
Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.
remaining wisdom
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
business define last leader responsibility thank
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
pain leader share
Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain.
leadership art belief
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.
position servanthood
Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.
opportunity ministry great-things
When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.
commitment opportunity leader
Leaders who keep promises and followers who respond in kind create an opportunity generate enormous energy around their commitment to serve others.
baseball team ideas
A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the ideas of the giant pitchers may eventually disappear.