22nd September 2009
A franchisee should reasonably expect a quality franchisor to provide:
- Complete documentation covering all business processes.
- proof that the way the business will work will generate money.
- Ongoing input to the business to keep your brand alive...
16th September 2009
After extensive research, it's impossible to find any solid factual data to backup the claim that franchises do better than simply starting your own business. This is based on comparable business funding and similar sized businesses. The popular figure ...
16th September 2009
As a franchise buyer we have a sense that the franchisor is a big company that we can rely upon. Sadly there are a great many small franchisors who just don't work this way. They may have run their own successful business and then tried to systematize i...
16th September 2009
This is the first in a series of 7 articles about the myths of franchising. These myths are the things that some franchisors would like you to believe, because it makes it easier for them to sell you a franchise. When you understand these myths, you'll ...
15th September 2009
Franchising can be a fantastic route into business and every year thousands of people make the decision to start their business with a franchise. While buying the right franchise can be almost a fool-proof formula for success, it can also quickly lead to...
31st July 2009
A productive and fair-but-firm way to get people to deliver results, or to make the weak and feeble flee from the battlefield of business in a recession, as being exposed for giving up at a management review meeting. As a business coach, it"s my job to k...
28th June 2009
Leadership can be described as the process of engaging and including others for the achievement of a specific goal or aim. Leadership goes hand in hand with management skills because while the leader must inspire and enrol, he must also possess a number o...
28th June 2009
There's a great method of winning more business that's easily within your reach - expand your personal circle of influence.
Your circle of influence is all the people you know. If you were to sit down and write a list of all the people you know and cou...
28th June 2009
Leadership is often defined as the role of enrolling and inspiring your team to achieve a worthwhile goal or task, or to accomplish something of note. Be aware that leadership does not always need to go hand in hand with management, but for the vast major...
28th June 2009
When recruiting sales people, it's all too easy to go off your "gut instinct" or on the interview performance alone It's estimated by top execs that they will make a good hiring decision only about 50% of the time - so where does that leave you when it c...
01st June 2009
Business coaching should make you think deeply -- that means to think about what you dream about, what's blocked progress towards it, and uncover the changes you need to make to enjoy better results.
The reason is that everything we have in life comes ...
