Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson

PERSONAL LIFE OF BRANSON

Born on 18 July 1950 at London. Parents Edward James Branson and Eve Branson. Branson has dyslexia and had poor academic performance as a student. Branson had poor academic records, contrasted with excellent performance in sports. Survived by a daughter and a son.

Early Career
Started the Students Magazine in 1967& Recording Shop in 1971. 1972:Installed a Recording Studio

SIR RICHARD BRANSON HAS A NEW LADY IN HIS LIFE, NECKER BELLE, A MAGNIFICENT 32 METER (105 FOOT) CATAMARAN, THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE VIRGIN LIMITED

In 1998 Branson released his autobiography entitled Losing My Virginity, an international bestseller.

Business Ventures
Branson

formed Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, launched Virgin Mobile in 1999, Virgin Blue in Australia in 2000. was 9th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006, worth just over 3 billion. Virgin acquired European short-haul airline Euro Belgian Airlines in 1996 and renamed it Virgin Express by Virgin Nigeria & Virgin America.

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2006, Branson formed an entertainment company called Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation also launched the Virgin Health Bank on February 2007

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10 January 2008, Branson's Virgin Healthcare announced that it would open a chain of health care clinics his business in Indian market as in the segment of mobile stores.

Introduced

WORLD RECORD ATTEMPTS

In January 1991, Branson crossed the Pacific from Japan to Arctic Canada in a balloon. In late 1998 they made a record-breaking flight from Morocco to Hawaii. In March 2004, Branson set a record by travelling from Dover to Calais in a Gibbs Aquada, in 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 6 seconds.

HONOURS
1999:

Knighted in for his "services to entrepreneurship". Received the Tony Jannus Award for his accomplishments in commercial air transportation. Appears at No. 85 on the 2002 list of "100 Greatest Britons. Ranked in 2007's Time Magazine as "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World". Presented with United Nations Correspondents Association Citizen of the World Award for his support for environmental and humanitarian causes.

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Leadership Qualities
Trait Theory of Leadership
Extroversion Conscientiousness Openness Emotional Intelligence (Qualified)

MBTI
ENTP- The Visionary
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- gain energy through interactions with people N Takes decisions on his instinct. T -give more weight to logic than to social considerations. P openness to Change

Leadership Style
Transformational Leader
Idealized Influence Provides a role model for high ethical behavior. Intellectual Stimulation

Challenges assumptions, takes risk.

Why Did We Choose This leader

Unconventional

Style Over the top, Larger than life image Face to Face interactions Motivates people and gets the best out of the people Extreme Brand Promotion techniques

Organizational Culture
Branson

believes that outstanding brands are built around great people who deliver consistently great customer service every single day. friendly to Customers

More

Hired

People more friendly than Experienced.

Continued
Equal Same

Gender Staffing.

Hostel For Both Staff and Executives to get the Honest Feedback.

Inspirational Lessons
Never

say die Attitude. thinking. from failures

Positive

Learning

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