Leadership Styles and characteristics of Richard Branson

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The Leadership of Richard Branson
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The Leadership of Richard Branson
Introduction
Sir Richard Branson s an English business magnate as well as an investor who is widely
known for being the founder of the Virgin group which boasts of controlling more than 400
companies worldwide. He expressed his desire to venture into entrepreneurship at a young age of
about 16 years. Ever since he has opened a chain of stores and in the 1980s he set up the Virgin
Atlantic airline as well as expanded the virgin records music label. He is globally known for his
services to entrepreneurship for works in the music, transport, retail sectors, and his humanitarian
work. His net worth is estimated to being about US$5.1 billion.
Elements of Richard Branson’s Leadership Style


A Positive Company Culture
Richard highly believes in the philosophy that personality comes before CV. By this, he

has been able to ensure that the staff in his company who desire to be at the top as seniors have
the soft skills that are essential in uniting and directing the junior staff as well as having
leadership skills. He notes that an individual with multiple degrees does not necessarily translate
to being one with a broad experience or even having a wonderful personality (Williams, 2017).
Additionally, he is a champion of taking chances with people and loves promoting from within
as it sends a great message to everyone who is working in his company.


Ability To Delegate
Successful business leaders such as Richard master the art of delegation and in turn this

helps reduce their workload as well as give opportunities to other ambitious employees. By so

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doing, the employees that are entrusted the duties develop the courage even to perform better and
also gain the needed experience hence propelling the company forward (Williams, 2017). He
notes that it is fundamental to make everyone in the company feel wanted as well as offering
them the opportunity to learn new tasks.


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