Richard Branson Quotes

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

Hire great people and give them freedom to be awesome.

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

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.

Leadership is having the trust of the people are trying to lead.

As the leader, you're empowering talent. Once you've given the direction, it's a joy to see it put into action, to see people on every level of the company carrying out the strategy.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out.

If you have excellent people, then you have to give them the power.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

I give people on my team the opportunity to excel as well, and I think that's what continues to keep me ahead. I may not be able to show or do an interview; I give them the opportunity to run the show, and that has been working.

It is very hard work, but I am a big believer in not micromanaging; I hire really, really talented people and trust them to do their jobs.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

The ability to delegate begins with believing in the potential of people.

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor

As a leader, your job is to energize people around the mission and vision you've articulated.

I learnt from an early age this need to delegate responsibility out to other team members as there is just too much for one person to do themselves. What is the point of hiring talented team members if you don't give them the freedom to make the most of the chance you have given them?

I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.

Talented performers flock to the best and brightest leaders, and these leaders in turn lift the lids off their people and uncork the latent talent inside of them.

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

I'm not as obsessive-compulsive about certain things; I give a lot of latitude to people and support people. I know that I can't do it myself and that you're only as good as the people you have behind you.

I'm much more collaborative than I probably was when I was first starting, much more willing to say, "I don't know the answer to that." I have really talented people and let them do their jobs and not try to control everything as much as I did when I was starting. I was a bit more insecure.