Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Trust cannot be bought or commanded, inherited or enforced. To maintain it, leaders must continually earn it. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
From a leader's perspective, the most serious betrayal has to do with thwarting human potential, with quenching the spirit, with failing to… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Leaders who keep promises and followers who respond in kind create an opportunity generate enormous energy around their commitment to serve others. — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN… — Max De Pree Copy Share
From a leader's perspective, the most serious betrayal has to do with thwarting human potential, with quenching the spirit, with failing to deal equitably… — Max De Pree Copy Share
Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other. — Max De Pree Copy Share
Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the… — Max De Pree Copy Share
When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential. — Max De Pree Copy Share
The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work… — Max De Pree Copy Share
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 Copy Share
We talk about the quality of product and service. What about the quality of our relationships and the quality of our communications and the… — Max De Pree Copy Share
In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy. — Max De Pree Copy Share
Everyone in a successful organization must be willing and ready to risk. Risk is like change; it's not a choice. — Max De Pree Copy Share
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… — Max De Pree Copy Share
