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Leaders should leave behind them assets and a legacy.

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Max De Pree
Age: 92 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 28
Died: 2017
Died: August 8
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In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.
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Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.
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Trust cannot be bought or commanded, inherited or enforced. To maintain it, leaders must continually earn it.
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Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.
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We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.
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We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.
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We can go through anything because Jesus goes before us.
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When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.
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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.
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Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.
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Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.
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When we think about the people with whom we work, people on whom we depend, we can see that without each individual, we are not going to go very far as a group. By ourselves, we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.
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The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.
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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.
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Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the relationship to one's work.
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The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work and service of the corporation.
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A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
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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.
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