Max de Pree
Max de Pree
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth28 October 1924
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
jesus
We can go through anything because Jesus goes before us.
teamwork real team-work
Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.
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.
problem fixed generator
When things go awry, trust powers the generators until the problem is fixed.
pain leader share
Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain.
leader legacy should
Leaders should leave behind them assets and a legacy.
leadership art belief
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.
effort promise earning
Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.
friendship running thinking
A short term view will lead to a partial and perhaps twisted view of the whole picture. A crucial element may be missing. We may not be running the entire race. A friend of mine described a colleague as great at running the "ninety-five yard dash." That is a distinction I can do without. Lacking the last five yards makes the first ninety-five pointless. In fact, serious runners thing of it as a 110 yard dash so that no one will best them in the last few yards. You've got to think beyond the whole.
position servanthood
Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.
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.
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.