Richard Branson Quotes About Praise

Quotes about: Praise

• Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Business, People

  Twitter post from Jul 24, 2013

• A company is simply a group of people. And as a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, you have to be a great motivator, you have to be very good at praising and looking for the best in people. People are no different from flowers. If you water flowers, they flourish. If you praise people, they flourish. That's a critical attribute of a leader.

  Richard Branson

  Flower, People, Water

• Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, Innovation, Culture

• To get the respect of people, I think you've got to roll up your sleeves and lead with your people. The absolute key is treating your people well. Looking for the best in your people. Lots and lots of praise, no criticism.

  Richard Branson

  Thinking, Keys, People

  "Richard Branson: Interview With ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2012.

• Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing.

  Richard Branson

  Frowning, Praise, More Time

• As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.

  Richard Branson

  People, Leader, Praise

• If you're bringing up kids, you just want to smother them with love and praise and enthusiasm. So I don't think you can mollycoddle your kids too much really.

  Richard Branson

  Motivation, Inspiration, Kids

  "Life at 30,000 feet". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.ted.com. March, 2007.

• Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

  Richard Branson

  Inspiring, Teamwork, People

• You shouldn't be looking for people slipping up, you should be looking for all the good things people do and praising those.

  Richard Branson

  Inspiration, People, Slipping

• People who work for me are working for what I believe in. The leaders who run our companies do so on the basis of those who came first and who said, "A company is its people." I hope my companies are run on the basis of praising their workers and looking for the best in them, not criticizing them. In the same way that you water a plant and it sprouts leaves, people flourish when you praise them.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Believe, Water

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