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The Virgin Way
The book in one sentence
Leadership, in Branson’s experience, comes down to listening hard, learning constantly, having fun and leading from the front, and none of that requires a business school rulebook.
Who it's for
Founders and managers who want a more human, less formal style of leadership, and anyone who enjoys learning from stories rather than theory.
The big idea
Branson left school as a teenager, struggled with dyslexia and never studied management, yet built the Virgin Group into a family of companies spanning music, airlines, trains, mobile phones and much more. In this book he sets out what he has learned about leading people over half a century. His approach is informal and personal: put your people first, stay curious, keep things simple, and make work something people enjoy. If a business isn’t fun, he suggests, it probably isn’t being run well.
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