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by: Max Depree, Max De Pree, James O'Toole

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Sales Rank: 5,931
Release Date: August, 1990
Media: Paperback
Manufacturer: DTP

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Average Rating: 4.05 out of 5 stars

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- And A Philosophy
As a quick-read, how-to, self-help book, "Leadership Is An Art" is a great selection to read. Max Depree, et al, did a nice job fulfilling their intended purposes, namely, assuring the reader their suggestions are anchored in concrete philosophical principles and then offering their suggestions. One can do little more in a book of 148 pages. I tried with my own book, "West Point: Character Leadership Education..", which inexorably grew to over 700 pages before I applied "Occam's Razor" to pare it down to the 440 page book most now consider to be THE book on the philosophy of leadership for anyone interested in becoming one of the rare birds who understands leadership, and that means down to it's concrete philosophical foundations. You'll better understand the great messages in Max Depree et ... Read More

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- Send Out Your Resume
I thought that Leadership is an Art was an excellent book. It was concise and a very easy read. Through his example of the Herman Miller Co. DePree showed how an employer can, by sharing in potential and utilizing employee creativity, benefit the company as a whole. It is leadership that can help individuals reach their potential. DePree brought up and interesting type of leadership called roving leadership. These are the leaders that are there when we need them. This book reminds us that as a leader, it is important to be an enabler of others. After all, if those you lead are not successful and do not reach their potential, you as a leader are not successful either. Read this book and you will seriously consider sending your resume to the Herman Miller Co.

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- Not my cup of tea
Max Depree basic theme is that although there are leadership principles to be learned, there is a certain mysticism about leadership that is more tribal than scientific and more a weaving of relationships than a amassing of leadership.

Depree talks about diversity, issues of the heart and spirit, integration, being vulnerable and empowerment, but he does so as a business man who realizes that the purpose of a business is to make a profit. Depree discovered that by taking care of his employees, and making them owners in the process he can achieve greater employee loyalty, more creativity, and hence, greater prophets. The danger is that non-businessman (i.e., politicians and pastors) will take these noble ideas and abdicate their leadership.

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