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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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Max De Pree
Age: 92 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 28
Died: 2017
Died: August 8
Business Executive
Writer
Leadership
Possible
Way
People
Humane
Liberating
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Effective

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