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Max de Pree [1924-0] American

Rank: 102
Businessman, Writer

Max De Pree is an American businessman and writer. A son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company, he and his brother Hugh De Pree assumed leadership of the company in the early 1960s, Hugh becoming CEO and president in 1962.

Business, Change, Leadership, Learning, Life, Space, Wisdom

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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.	Business	101
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.	Life, Space	102
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.	Wisdom	103
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?	Change, Leadership, Learning	104
In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when.		105
The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.		106

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