Max DePree Quotes

Max De Pree was an American businessman and writer. A son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company, he and his brother Hugh De Pree assumed leadership of the company in the early 1960s, Hugh becoming CEO and president in 1962. Max succeeded his brother Hugh as CEO in 1980 and served in that capacity to 1987, and he was a member of the company's Board of Directors until 1995.

His book Leadership is an Art has sold more than 800,000 copies. In 1992, De Pree was inducted into Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame. He was involved with the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary since its establishment. He died at his home in Holland, Michigan in 2017. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. October 1924 – 8. August 2017
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Famous Max DePree Quotes

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

Variant: We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Source: Leadership Is an Art

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