The Virgin way : everything I know about leadership by Branson, Richard instant download

The Virgin way : everything I know about leadership by Branson, Richard instant download

392 pages ; 24 cm, \" 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\"--, A revelatory account of the personal factors that shaped the Virgin Group founder's unconventional leadership style discusses topics ranging from his limited education and struggles with dyslexia through his self-employment values and beliefs about listening, Includes index, Listen. Old blocks and young chips ; The dying art of listening ; Mirror mirror ; K-I-S-S and tell ; burn down the mission -- Learn. Defining leadership ; What chance luck? ; Typically atypical ; Big dogfights ; Innovation is nothing new ; Hiring 'em and keeping 'em -- Laugh. Culturing the culture ; The fruits of passion ; The party line -- Lead. Leaders of the future ; Being there ; collaboration is the key ; Decisions, decisions ; Good business