Mgt 500 Assignment 3 Leadership Of Richard Branson

Leadership of Richard BransonName:Institution:Professor’s Name:Course Title:Course Code:Semester:Virgin Group of Companies: Richard BransonManagement is concerned with doing things the right way; leadership on the other hand is doing the right things. Richard Branson is one of the few emerging 21st century leader who have managed to put this concept into practice. Richard Branson is both an entrepreneur and the founder of Virgin (Branson, 2012). Virgin Group is one diversified group that owns over 200 privately held companies. The largest in this group is the Virgin Atlantic Airways. Other privately owned companies in this group range from : The Virgin Holidays, the group that deals in vacation tour operator; The Virgin Rail, the group that deals in train operator; the Virgin Retail Group, the group that deals in a diversified number of numerous Megastores such as a retail concept featuring videos, music CDs, and computer games; The Virgin Direct, the group that deals in offering financial services; the beverage maker, The Virgin Cola as well as the group that deals in entertainment, The Virgin Radio ( Virgin, 2012). Style of Leadership: Richard BransonTransformational leadership