Richard Branson Quotes

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

To be a leader is to be awake and dissatisfied at all times. Leadership is action. Leadership is influence

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.

Leadership matters most, and optimism and unity comes from the leader.

What makes a leader is to recognize what can be done and not only what is desirable.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

I am always interested in looking for the strongest possible leadership.

Successful leaders surround themselves with intelligent people.

A good leader, in my view, should have a clear vision of the future they want and the society they need to build. They must also have a connection with the people who work for them and be able to mobilise their best energies to create teams where people can be most creative and happy.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.

We lead by influence. That is what good leadership is about.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

Survival is not the only goal of a great leader.