The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591847370 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. So expect the unexpected.. 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. 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 any
Good read. M. Estorge Branson is a much better writer than I would have thought. The book if packed with good advice. I love hearing how he got started and proved the naysayers wrong. The stories of his youth are funny. Definitely a useful book for those wanting to improve their manager. Love being inside his Honest, authentic, inspiring. Love being inside his head. Loved the last book (Like a Virgin) but I read Marty Roberts Loved the last book (Like a Virgin) but I read this in almost one sitting and think it is every bit as good if not better.I love the sheer pragmatism of the advice - like "you never learn anything by listening to yourself speak" so shut up pay attention take notes
His autobiography, Losing My Virginity, and his books on business, Screw It, Let's Do It and Business Stripped Bare, are all international bestsellers. Sir Richard Branson is an international entrepreneur, adventurer, icon, and the founder of the Virgin Gro
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. ''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. 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