The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership by Richard Branson
While building the Virgin Group over forty years, Richard Branson has never shied away from seemingly outlandish challenges that others (including his own colleagues on several occasions) considered sheer lunacy. He has taken on giants like British Airways and won, and monsters like Coca-Cola and lost.
Now Branson gives an inside look at his strikingly different swashbuckling style of leadership. Learn how fun, family, passion, and the dying art of listening are key components to what his extended family of employees around the world have always dubbed (with a wink) the “Virgin Way.”
This unique perspective comes from a man who dropped out of school at sixteen, suffers from dyslexia, and has never worked for anyone but himself. He may be famous for thinking outside the box—an expression he despises—but Branson asserts that “you’ll never have to think outside the box if you refuse to let anyone build one around you.”
This is a unique book on leadership from someone who readily admits he has never read a book on leadership in his life. So expect the unexpected.
Review
”Few people in contemporary business are as colorful, shrewd, and irreverent, and probably no one’s nearly as much fun to be around . . . Branson embodies America’s cherished mythology of the iconoclastic, swashbuckling entrepreneur.” —G, praise for the author
”[Branson’s] business instincts are matched by an ability to motivate people who work for him. And who wouldn’t want to – Branson seems hell-bent on making sure that everybody, but everybody, is having as much fun as he is.” —Time, praise for the author
”Virgin Group founder Branson reveals the methods that have helped him build his unconventional multibillion-dollar business empire. A prolific and outrageously successful promoter of himself and his myriad businesses, the author provides a rollicking romp through Virgin’s fun-loving, iconoclastic approach to building a business and reputation.” —Kirkus Reviews
”Branson’s freewheeling spirit comes across in his leadership style as that of a man who values listening more than talking, keeping things simple, and giving employees a second or even a third chance. His approach may seem casual, but his results speak for themselves.” —Booklist
About the Author
Richard Branson is an international entrepreneur, adventurer, icon, and the founder of the Virgin Group. His autobiography, Losing My Virginity, and his books on business Screw It, Lets Do It and Business Stripped Bare were international bestsellers. He is also the author of Reach for the Skies and Screw Business as Usual.
Product details
- Full PDF Book Included
- Full Audiobook MP3 Program
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Unabridged edition (September 9, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1483016315
- ISBN-13: 978-1483016313