An edition of Virgin Way (2014)

The Virgin way

if it's not fun, it's not worth doing

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An edition of Virgin Way (2014)

The Virgin way

if it's not fun, it's not worth doing

Paperback edition.
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

"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"--

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Portfolio/Penguin
Language
English
Pages
392

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Cover of: Virgin Way
Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead
2015, Penguin Random House
in English
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The Virgin way: if it's not fun, it's not worth doing
2015, Portfolio/Penguin
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Cover of: Virgin Way
Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead
2014, Ebury Publishing
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The Virgin Way
Sep 09, 2014, Blackstone Pub
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Table of Contents

Preface : Life's too short: don't enjoy it? Don't do it!
Part I. Listen : Old blocks and young chips: leadership lessons begin at home
The dying art of listening: Listen, it makes you sound smarter
Mirror mirror: how do you look to your customers?
K-I-S-S and tell: simplicity wins every time
Burn down the mission: mission misstatements
Part II. Learn : Defining leadership: and its multiple myths
What chance luck?: Fortune favours the bold
Typically atypical: an aversion to the average
Big dogfights: don't always go to the biggest dogs
Innovation is nothing new: ask any passing bumblebee
Hiring 'em and keeping 'em: engagement in a digital world
Part III. Laugh : Culturing the culture: it takes time and work
The fruits of passion: beyond definition
The party line: fancy dress and April fools
Part IV. Lead : Leaders of the future: new skills for a new world
Being there: driving the chariot
Collaboration is the key: getting it together
Decisions, decisions: putting the pro in procrastination
Good business: is good for business
Epilogue : Start it up: designing designers.

Edition Notes

Subtitle of hardcover edition: Everything I know about leadership.

Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.4/092
Library of Congress
HD57.7 .B72743 2015

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Pagination
392 pages
Number of pages
392

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Open Library
OL32374314M
Internet Archive
virginwayifitsno0000bran
ISBN 10
1591847982
ISBN 13
9781591847984
OCLC/WorldCat
900623903

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