Richard Branson Leadership Style

I feel that Tony Dungy was a more effective leader. He took the time to develop his players and instilled leadership qualities in all of them. Dungy had ha very successful career and in later year was extremely involved in giving back to the community. References

Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group has been a household name in the United Kingdom for over twenty years. He is well respected in the business world. He is the founder of the Virgin Group, which is known for many different things such as cell phones, record labels, airlines and many more. “Branson is also known for his unique character and leadership styles, one who is not afraid to take risks, and believes that people are the foundation to his company's success. If I were to first characterize his leadership style I would say he is definitely a democratic leader. He truly feels that getting other peoples input and listening to what

Virgin group limited is world largest british multinational company founded by Richard branson.it has various core business like travel,entertainment and life style and it includes 400 companies world wide.

In Leadership 101 by John Maxwell, the author uses practical application points to give guidance on what it takes to be good leader. The book is divided in three parts, linking the development, traits and impacts of a leader, with a series of questions that the author answers. He also uses real-life stories and quotes from leaders such as the McDonald brothers and Princess Diana, to demonstrate leadership principles. The author also uses these examples and a detailed framework to help the readers enhance the leadership abilities they already possess. Maxwell suggests that in order to be a successful leader you need to; Follow your vision and bring others with you, produce a lasting legacy, grow the loyalty of your followers, make continual

Richard is not afraid to take risks and believes that his people are the foundation to his company’s success. `My philosophy is, put your employees first, your customers second and your investors third and in the end everyone will be happy’ (Inc, 2013). From researching his leadership style I would say that Richard is a transformational democratic leader, he likes to get other peoples input and develop on their ideas. Richard believes that praise goes much further than criticism in achieving results so he likes to lead his team using positive reinforcement. Richard seems to be a very caring and involved leader who listens to everyone and is very professional in his leadership style, he is definitively a relationship-oriented leader who is good at aligning people and giving them emotional support and encouragement. He seems to fall into the segment of being a participative and consultative leader whilst his strong charisma seems to make anyone listen and follow him.

Sir Richard Branson is strong in all three of the essential management skills. From the standpoint of technical skills, started the business from the ground up, so he had to develop strong technical skills to make his business successful. He has the conceptual skills to be able to have a far-reaching vision for a huge business empire and to look at the market and see what gaps his companies can fill. Additionally, his human skills are quite impressive, with his strong focus on employee happiness, customer satisfaction, and family.

Richard Branson is genuine and honest about his values and beliefs. Throughout his career as an entrepreneur, he has been able to anticipate the future trends, inspire followers to understand and embrace a new vision of possibilities. Virgin group rewards their employees with more intangible dividends like comfort, independence and healthy salaries. The staffs have the rights to renegotiate the pay scale offered to them but however for the past 10 years no one has chosen to do so. (Tannenbaum 1985) This proved that Richard Branson authentic leadership has captured his employee’s loyalty towards the company.

1. Richard Branson's leadership style works for his particular role as visionary and figurehead of his diverse group of companies under the Virgin Group umbrella. However diversified the Virgin Group may be, Branson remains an essentially charismatic and transformative leader. His leadership philosophy is built on employee empowerment and stimulating employee satisfaction. In his own words, Branson states, ""Rather than focusing on mistakes, catch someone doing something right every day," (cited by Adonis, 2010). Likewise, Branson advises that managers "place greater emphasis on unearthing what their employees are thinking and feeling," (cited by Adonis, 2010).

This case study will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the managerial leadership of Fletcher Jones and Continental Airlines.

Taira Brandt is presented with a tough assignment to take over the company leadership as the CEO from her father given the scenario the company is in. This paper will describe the challenges that would face Taira in her new position as the CEO of “Loads of Fun’’. The paper would begin by evaluating her current role in the company describing how this role would pose new challenges in her quest to take over the new management role in the business. Secondly, the paper will discuss some of the plans that Taira would put in place to ensure the success of the business. The paper will analyze and suggest some the leadership skills and competencies that she will need to possess in her quest to achieve the goals of the business. The paper will also point out some of the relationship building challenges that she might face in her new role and suggest some of the tactics she should use to overcome them. Lastly, the paper will assess the environment for change in her plan to see the business succeed in its endeavors.

Donald Trump, Ted Turner, and Oprah Winfrey have undeniable success; and all did it in a similar fashion. They all had a different twist to their leadership style but the most common factors in their styles were their vision, dedication and willingness to be great. They all looked at the big picture in things, weren’t afraid to take risks and had millions of people follow their lead. Donald Trump may have been the most aggressive of the three and would only want things done his way but his way always worked so they all followed. Ted Turner had a bit more charisma then Donald Trump did; he didn’t rub people the wrong way. People gravitated to Ted Turner and were able to follow his vision. Oprah Winfrey was the most admired of the three;

From Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela’s charisma, to Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King’s intelligence and Steve Jobs’ analytical nature, there can be as numerous ways to lead as there are leaders (Crossman, 2010). Leadership is a hot debate both in the business world and other areas of the society. Throughout the world's, there have been as many leadership models as there have been their commentators (Burns & Peltason, 1966). Fortunately, psychologists and businesspersons have established useful frameworks that refer to the main ways of leadership.

The purpose of this paper is to reflect and make an analysis of the general strengths and weaknesses of a leader, provide recommendations, thoughts of overall performance to improve on this person’s leadership style in which practices and theories were utilized most effectively. Upon such, draw conclusions and provide an integration of this leadership practice into my own leadership practice. The accomplishment of this will be achieved by identifying several key practices from published documents surrounding and encompassing the leader, and comparing them to known relative concepts for a holistic view of the approach.

Sir Richard Branson's model is a personification model of Virginia brand and explains it using his life when he was young. He uses both his life and Virginia brand to elaborate his leadership skills which is not based on any professional skills. Over the years, he is seen to recruit the best managers. Leadership is one of the strategies and strategic management. It includes planning for informal, formal and strategic planning systems by the leader. It has planning for emergent strategies, which include; responsiveness to arising threats and opportunities, increasing of changes to predetermined intended strategies, and adaptive learning and responsiveness to intended strategies. The Branson's model includes visionary leadership, which is planning, for the future. Competitiveness and competitive advantage for business services and products are dependent on strategic plans.

Virgin America invests a great deal into its staffing and development as they recognize that they are key in delivering the “Virgin Experience” to all its passengers. Providing world-class training and ongoing training throughout the years by hosting special educational events, even teaching staff sign languages so they are better able to assist disabled passengers. With a distinctive and innovative management style, it serves as one of Virgin’s tangible resources. Virgin’s Hand-off approach to management empowers its employees to take personal ownership in the overall success of Virgin America, promoting organic growth both internally and externally; moreover, is said to be the root cause for its overall success (Grant, 2012).