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In September 2012, a YouGov poll conducted in Britain found that the person British workers would most like as their manager was Sir Richard Branson. With over 40 years in business, Richard Branson is an inspiring pioneer of humanitarian projects and an iconic business leader. In The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead, Richard shares and distils his secrets of leadership and success.

In September 2012, a YouGov poll conducted in Britain found that the person British workers would most like as their manager was Sir Richard Branson. With over 40 years in business, Richard Branson is an inspiring pioneer of humanitarian projects and an iconic business leader. In The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead, Richard shares and distils his secrets of leadership and success.

Unable to make the 1908 Pennsylvania German Society's annual gathering due to illness, their president—businessman, religious leader, and politician, John Wanamaker—sent in a message he recorded "through this wonderful invention of Mr. Edison on the Edison phonograph." This recording recalls an anecdote of Leo Tolstoy's, in which the Russian writer stopped at the roadside and asked a farmer who was ploughing, "Friend, what would you do today if you knew positively you would die tomorrow?"

Edward Louis Bernays (November 22, 1891 - March 9, 1995) was an American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda. A nephew of Sigmund Freud, Bernays touted the idea that "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society." His books include Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923), Propaganda (1928), Public Relations (1945) and The Engineering of Consent (1955). The following recording was made in 1986.

Hear Ari Weinzweig, founder of the Zingerman's wildly successful restaurants and food-service companies, discuss its humble beginnings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as principles on customer service and handling customer complaints, measuring service, and hiring tips.