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Kent "KT" Thiry is Chairman and CEO of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500 company that, through its operating divisions, provides a variety of health care services to patient populations throughout the United States and abroad. The management philosophy that Kent has created has been discussed and shared in various forums including business school case studies, national periodicals and speeches. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. February 1956
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Famous Kent Thiry Quotes

“Leaders are stewards. They understand the proverb, "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."”

Kent Thiry

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

“You are the leader other people experience you to be. If you don't have insight into how other people experience any of your behavioral deficiencies then you are not ready to take that momentous first step of leadership.”

Kent Thiry

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

“[When it comes to leadership] intentionality rules.”

Kent Thiry

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

“Leadership is not a function of position, it is a function of behavior.”

Kent Thiry

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

“Management is a business skill; you can study it and learn about it. Leadership is a human skill; to become a better leader you need to learn more about humans, starting with yourself.”

Kent Thiry

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

“We say we are a community first and a company second. That doesn't mean we don't care about profit, but that's a means, not the end.”

Kent Thiry

Insights by Stanford Business: Kent Thiry: Developing Successful Leaders Takes a Village https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/kent-thiry-developing-successful-leaders-takes-village (18 November 2011)

Kent Thiry Quotes

“While growing your management skill…you set out to learn more about business. To grow yourself as a leader is a human thing. For that you must set out to learn more about humans, and yourself.”

Kent Thiry

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

“Speak your dreams, no one climbs a mountain accidentally.”

Kent Thiry

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

“Intentionality Rules. Leadership is not about charisma, it's not about being articulate, it's about being yourself and caring about others.”

Kent Thiry

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

“Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, leadership is in the eyes of the led.”

Kent Thiry

Leadership Is in the Eyes of the Led, Says Thiry http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/vftt_thiry.html (2007)

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