Escaping the Black Hole of Can’t
Terry Starbucker
FEBRUARY 16, 2014
There was no longer any such thing as “can’t” What a difference it made, in my career, and in my life. ” And that was that. “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…… “ I did.
5 Myths about Senior Care Franchise Debunked
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
This article takes you through some myths about senior care franchise opportunity in Baton Rogue LA. Due to these common myths, many people shattered their dream of becoming a senior care franchise business owner. You do not need health care experience in order to take advantage of a senior care franchise opportunity in Baton Rouge LA.
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How Great Leaders Value People
Lead Change Blog
MAY 20, 2016
The brand suffered, and franchise owners were running around with their hair on fire. Great leaders show an interest in their people’s jobs and career aspirations. When she was named CEO in 2007, profit was in the negative, and the company stock price had taken a nose dive from $34 in 2002 to $13. Workers were valued.
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My Best Blogs of 2011
In the CEO Afterlife
DECEMBER 31, 2011
Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. Does a Mentor Have to Breathe?
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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 11, 2010
Listening, engaging, reciprocating – have earned us 2 billionaire backers, 4000+ franchising inquiries & 300+ stores now in development (launched franchise company in Fall '09). link] Robbie Vitrano Hey Mike, thanks for including NakedPizza in the validation. Humbled, validated and taking nothing for granted.
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The Kid: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Little, Brown and Company (2014) A brilliant examination of a Hall of Fame career and of an “exceptional, tumultuous, and epic American life – an immortal life.” Marine Corps Washington Senators/Texas Rangers franchise Woodrow Wilson (Berg)'
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Find Your Ideal Job and Build Your Dream Business
Leading Blog
AUGUST 20, 2019
The presumption is that one has to sacrifice entrepreneurial dreams in order to be successful at a specific career choice. Examples may include selling products online, starting a consulting business, or purchasing a semi-absentee franchise opportunity.
Daniel Roberts: An interview by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
JANUARY 4, 2014
He is the lead reporter on the magazine’s 40 Under 40 franchise. He has also written for a wide range of other publications, in print and online, including Sports Illustrated, Salon, and The Daily Beast. He has reported news for the Wall […].
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Leading Blog
MAY 18, 2018
Most entrepreneurs never went to college, and most did not start their companies until they were well along in their careers. Many entrepreneurs who started their own careers in large corporations regarded them as critical to their subsequent success. Eighty percent disappear within five years.
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22 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From The Fate Of The Furious
Joseph Lalonde
APRIL 17, 2017
Two years ago I shared leadership lessons from Furious 7 … And now we’re on the eighth movie in the franchise. Dom and Letty are a couple in The Fast And The Furious franchise of movies. He had the chance to have his name cleared and go back into his old career. That’s just how these movies make you feel.
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It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 29, 2016
He uses many examples of sports franchises that always win and some that always lose. How are you progressing careers, shifting paradigms and impacting others? Every day I am surprised to learn how many leaders out there don’t invest the time they should into the development of their people. It is time for a paradigm shift!
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Developing the Resilience to Persevere and Excel
Michael Lee Stallard
DECEMBER 6, 2015
For example, earlier this season when the Redskins were down 24-0 to Tampa Bay, Cousins rallied the team to the largest comeback in Redskins franchise history. Cousins has made it through plenty of stress and adversity over the course of his career. How does he do it?
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A Few Ways To Start Your Entrepreneurial Lifestyle
Strategy Driven
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
It also allows you to further your career as much as you want to without any restrictions from companies that have their own rules. There are lots of businesses for sale all over the place as well as franchises and it’s not a look at the top places where the businesses are. Being an entrepreneur is a wonderful thing.
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21 Home-Based Business Ideas & Tips for Starting a Business from Home
Miles Anthony Smith
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Home-based businesses are a great way for busy people to take more control of their careers , but starting your own business can be intimidating. Being a consultant for an established company is a great way for individuals to build career skills while maintaining control over their success.
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High-Potential Leaders
Coaching Tip
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Source: Ram Charan: The High Potential Leader: How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership). Never before has it been more valuable to have or to become a high potential leader; one who can set the path and execute a winning plan in this digital age. Can't Get Enough Leadership.
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Avoid an HR Headache with these 25 Tips
ExactHire - Leadership
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Even one remote worker in a state may make your company liable for franchise taxes or a different standard of workers’ compensation insurance. Create a career development plan for employees. You can increase engagement and reduce turnover by supporting your employees’ career development goals. Create a mentorship program.
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How to Start Up Your Own Healthcare Business
Strategy Driven
MAY 20, 2021
It can be easier said than done to start your own business; however, if you are interested in the healthcare sector, it could be a beneficial career option that you may never have thought about before. From here, then you will need to contemplate whether or not you would prefer to start a business from scratch or own a franchise.
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Evolve As An Entrepreneur In 3 Simple Steps
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 12, 2017
Being an entrepreneur is not a career choice that means you can stay static. Entrepreneurship is about constant evolution to transform yourself from a fresh-faced small business owner into a chiseled owner of multiple franchises. You can always get better, and you can always improve your ideas and business ventures.
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A Culture of Excellence: An Interview with Melissa Strait
HR Digest
MAY 6, 2021
BRGs play a key role in the Career Path Opportunities pillar of our recently-launched People First @ Inspire program, an action-oriented inclusion and diversity initiative that strives to provide an inclusive work environment where team members of all backgrounds can succeed. How are you going to shake things up next?
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52 It Never Ends. Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington.
Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2010
And, oh by the way, McNabb has run more than a few game-on-the-line two minute drills in his long NFL career. I'm not a hockey fan, but his was a textbook case of rebuilding a business, brand and franchise. . He leads the team to some close victories and keeps you close in some losses.
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137 Morning Advantage: Ye Olde Leadership Lessons from Shakespeare
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 11, 2013
You're not going glean a lot of useful career tips out of Hamlet (promoted too soon? Taiwanese-born Wen-Szu Lin thought he had a great opportunity when he bought the franchise rights to Auntie Anne's in China. Of course, there are limits to this approach. how to cope!) or Macbeth (how not to get that top job!). Raised in the U.S.
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Reinvigorate Your Career by Taking the Right Kind of Risk
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 12, 2018
Stephen Curry has built his NBA career on taking shots that others don’t: three-pointers from a crazy distance. ” Embracing market risk in our careers is a high-percentage move. However, many people don’t know what assuming market risk looks like when applied to their career. Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images.
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15 28 Facial Hair & Beard Types: Leaders Who Rock Them
Miles Anthony Smith
AUGUST 8, 2016
Sparrow Named for Captain Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, Johnny Depp (as Sparrow) and Brad Pitt have donned this facial hair. Chaplin's has more of a flare shape and none of the maniacal, world-dominating, tyrannical aspirations. 17. Klingon Ah, yes.
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44 Get Buy-in for Your Global Strategy with Local Partners
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Because most of the UK KFC system was franchised, it was important to win our franchisees over to a new brand strategy we had been planning before the acquisition took place. I put a lot of work into getting ready for my initial pitch to the UK franchisees, some of which had been involved in the business their entire career.
Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 1, 2013
After looking hard at the numbers and algorithms, the smartest — and richest — general managers and franchises have made up their collective minds: They're not paying a premium for yesterday. That's the new quantitative consensus reshaping professional sports worldwide. Or doesn't that matter anymore?
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Morning Advantage: Ye Olde Leadership Lessons from Shakespeare
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 11, 2013
You're not going glean a lot of useful career tips out of Hamlet (promoted too soon? Taiwanese-born Wen-Szu Lin thought he had a great opportunity when he bought the franchise rights to Auntie Anne's in China. Of course, there are limits to this approach. how to cope!) or Macbeth (how not to get that top job!). Raised in the U.S.
The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models. And all firms should realize that in the war for talent, women are increasingly seeing entrepreneurship as a compelling alternative if a career path appears stunted.
Statesman vs. Politician | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2010
One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. M [link] James Strock Great points, Mike. Now we're over 300 million. No one could credibly argue that our political leadership is anywhere near the same class as the Founders' era.
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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2015
The negotiation of a long-term media rights contract with Comcast SportsNet provides the franchise with long-term financial stability and gives us the luxury of running our business strategically for the long-term, without having to make shortsighted decisions. If you could give your younger self one piece of career advice, what would it be?
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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me
Strategy Driven
JUNE 7, 2013
The second was at what was the fourth KFC franchise to open in the United States. There became too many competitors, too much franchising, too much hype and just as many who exited the industry as quickly as they entered it. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). Fast forward 20 years to 1979.
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Seven Principles To Keep You Present, Grounded And Thriving
Eric Jacobson
OCTOBER 10, 2021
I’ve had a rather charmed career, a blessed marriage, was making a confident walk through the world, and then I was stuck. Over the course of the last decade, I have utilized this exercise with multiple NBA and NHL franchises, and C-Suite to Entry-Level Executives, and the result is always the same.
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Seven Principles To Keep You Present, Grounded And Thriving
Eric Jacobson
JULY 28, 2021
I’ve had a rather charmed career, a blessed marriage, was making a confident walk through the world, and then I was stuck. Over the course of the last decade, I have utilized this exercise with multiple NBA and NHL franchises, and C-Suite to Entry-Level Executives, and the result is always the same.
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Seven Principles To Keep You Present, Grounded, And Thriving
Eric Jacobson
MAY 5, 2022
I’ve had a rather charmed career, a blessed marriage, was making a confident walk through the world, and then I was stuck. Over the course of the last decade, I have utilized this exercise with multiple NBA and NHL franchises, and C-Suite to Entry-Level Executives, and the result is always the same.
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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 28, 2015
That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer. One remote on which I joined Cactus was for the fourth KFC franchise in the United States. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. We got to interview Colonel Harlan Sanders on his new business venture.
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George Steinbrenner: the King of Consequences
Roundtable Talk
JULY 14, 2010
Steinbrenner knew that in pursuit of his objective to make the New York Yankees the number one franchise in baseball, it’s better to be respected than to be liked. They knew what was expected and knew what the consequences for not meeting those expectations would be. How about you?
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What Stan Lee Knew About Managing Creative People
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
The way Jon Stewart’s Daily Show launched the careers new comedians, or Alice Waters launched the careers of new chefs. ” Lee put his words into action years later when the Hulk, a Marvel franchise, became the subject of a popular primetime television show. There’s no better way to motivate the best people.
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15 The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Sorry, this blog caused a little testiness here.
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Avoid HR Headaches with these 25 Tips
ExactHire - Leadership
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Even one remote worker in a state may make your company liable for franchise taxes or a different standard of workers’ compensation insurance. Create a career development plan for employees. You can increase engagement and reduce turnover by supporting your employees’ career development goals. Create a mentorship program.
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Leadership Profile: Patrick Mahomes
Nathan Magnuson
OCTOBER 5, 2020
But after a championship season as a high school senior , it became apparently my career path lay in corporate leadership development rather than football. Here are some of the best leadership lesson’s from Patrick Mahomes’ career thus far. Like Mahomes, make your passion a key part of those decisions. Wait Your Turn.
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Five Decision-Making Lessons for Leaders
Ron Edmondson
MAY 1, 2012
He is a former journalist, has an MBA, and works in public relations where he has directly reporter to several CEOs in his career. When Manning and the Colts ownership decided to part ways, there were no less than 12 different NFL teams that were lined up waiting to woo the QB to their respective franchises. How Did He Decide?
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How to Make Employment Fair in an Age of Contracting and Temp Work
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 24, 2017
This phenomenon is what I call the fissured workplace , the cracks upon which today’s economy largely rest, and it leaves so many without fair wages, a career path, or a safe work environment. And while it’s true that low wage workers — an estimated 29 million people in just 10 industries, according to the U.S.
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5 Things Digital CMOs Do Better
Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2014
If you’re a mid- or late-career marketer, chances are your job today is mostly unrecognizable from what you signed on for. National Football League franchise Atlanta Falcons’ CMO Jim Smith asks fans to “Rise Up”—and they do. Perhaps no other business function has changed as dramatically over the past decade.
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