Richard Branson Quotes

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.

I think that the larger and more complex the business gets, I have to listen twice as much as I speak.

Showrunning is not a one-man job; it's literally impossible to do for one person. I have learned the hard way now from two seasons, one with Red Widow, and this, I can't control everything. I certainly have tried, but having an incredibly strong team around you, surrounding yourself with incredibly talented people, that is the trick, and I certainly had that for the first season here of Jessica Jones.

As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate.

I think I'm a great organizer. Not that I'm organized, but I'm a great organizer of other people.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

I grew up in a household that revered building businesses. It wasn't thinking about leadership; it was more about building something. To build something, you ultimately have to lead.

I will never begin to know what the accountants do or what the camera guys do, as much as I try to learn just out of respect for what they do and to try to make my job as manager more efficient. The most important thing is to let those people do their jobs while making it clear what the parameters are.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

My last two years of high school, I did work-study half the day, and I ran the restaurant. It was just this little restaurant, but it was just so cool. I had 35, 40 employees.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

The key to being a good manager or a good entrepreneur is to pick the right people. Pick the right people, and they'll make you look good.

I've run businesses with thousands of people. I've run businesses with 10 people.

I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do.

Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.

The more affiliates I have the more I can sit back and let my brown belt and black belts do the work.

I've run a very successful business, and I think I can also run a very successful team.

Having the ability to relate to people is such an important part of management and leadership.

When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.

As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate. It's also an excellent way to get staff involved in the company's operations.

Running a business is not the same as being president of the United States.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

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