Quotes of Max De Pree - somelinesforyou

“ Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood. ”

- Max de Pree

“ The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs. ”

- Max de Pree

“ In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leaders should be able to stand alone, take the heat, bear the pain, tell the truth, and do what’s right. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We talk about the quality of product and service. What about the quality of our relationships and the quality of our communications and the quality of our promises to each other? ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leaders don't inflict pain — they share pain. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leaders don't inflict pain — they share pain. ”

- Max de Pree

“ The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We talk about the quality of product and service. What about the quality of our relationships and the quality of our communications and the quality of our promises to each other? ”

- Max de Pree

“ The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. ”

- Max de Pree

“ Integrity in all things precedes all else. The open demonstration of integrity is essential. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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? ”

- Max de Pree

“ The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. ”

- Max de Pree

“ 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. ”

- Max de Pree

“ We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. ”

- Max de Pree
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