Max De Pree
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Subject: Leadership
Max De Pree
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What’s Right
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Subject: Leadership
Max De Pree
We as leaders don’t do a good enough job of explaining to people that the quality of the community cannot be seen in terms of the best-off part of the community; it’s measured in terms of how the most vulnerable people are doing.
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Max De Pree
As you gain more and more responsibility in organized life, you become more and more of an amateur, because you’re less and less specialized. Because of the complexity of work, you have to count more on others. But that also means you’re more exposed to risk. When you get to be the CEO, nobody gives you a perfect setting in which to make a decision. … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Risk Management
Max De Pree
Management has a lot to do with answers. Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not ‘What are we going to do?’ but ‘Who do we intend to be?’
Content: Quotation | Authors: Max De Pree, Tom Peters | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Max De Pree
Max De Pree is chairman emeritus of office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, Inc., a leader in both product design and organizational innovation. De Pree pioneered the use of profit sharing, gain sharing, work teams, and other participatory management practices. He is a member of Fortune Magazine’s Business Hall of Fame and is best-selling author of Leadership Is an Art, Leadership Jazz, and the forthcoming Leading … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Author: Max De Pree | Source: Leader to Leader | Subject: Management
Max De Pree
The leader’s first job is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the leader must become a servant and a debtor.
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Source: Babson Insight | Subject: Leadership
Max De Pree
The measure of leadership is not the quality of the head, but the tone of the body. The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Leadership
Creative Leadership
Leading creative people in today’s world requires leaders not just to be innovative themselves, but to be receptive and open to surprise.
Content: Article | Author: Max De Pree | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior
Max De Pree
The first job of a leader is to define reality.
Content: Quotation | Author: Max De Pree | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership