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Management gems from Richard Branson
October 3, 2008
'A company is people'
I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying yes than by saying no.
When I graduated from Stowe, a big public school, my headmaster's parting words to me were: ‘Congratulations, Branson. I predict you will either go to prison or become a millionaire.'
I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.
A company is people. . . employees want to know. . . am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.
Image: Sir Richard Branson attends a photocall to launch Virgin Media's new television channel Virgin 1, at his home in Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England. | Photograph: Rosie Greenway/Getty Images
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