Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2015

Guest post by Brenda Corbett : The Star Wars franchise has seen numerous leaders, including great ones of the dreaded Dark Side. With Star Wars: The Force Awakens coming out late this year, we will see new and old leaders take the big screen with various styles of leaderships. The operative term here is “my motivation.”

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Executive Coaching Leadership Franchising Motivation 120

Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

Examples may include selling products online, starting a consulting business, or purchasing a semi-absentee franchise opportunity. It means you have to be willing to invest time, money, or both in order to build your side hustle into a fledging small business operation. You can have your cake and eat it too. * * *.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington Redskins So, if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you might have expected me to have some sort of leadership lessons post on yesterday’s mid-term elections.  He appears to have removed himself from the day to day management of football operations.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2025

There are many companies gradually moving or reworking their DEI policies, but according to McDonald’s revision of its diversity initiative, inclusivity will remain a key feature in how the company operates.

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Trends Diversity Supply Chain Policies 52

Leading Blog

MAY 18, 2018

Other interesting ideas Schramm covers: Franchising is often overlooked as a real entrepreneurial business and is generally not taught in colleges. You should operate with sufficient flexibility so that you are open to considering other ideas as you work on your original concept.”.

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Planning Entrepreneur Franchising Learning-by-Doing 174

Steve Farber

JULY 24, 2017

1 place to work in Minnesota for four consecutive years, and more than 3,000 people – franchise owners, employees, and club members – have gotten the company’s running man logo tattooed on their skin. It’s been tabbed as the No. It’s hard to beat tattoo loyalty.

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Franchising Entrepreneur Bottom-up Strategic Planning 66

Eric Jacobson

MAY 30, 2021

What are your thoughts about a family owning a franchise business? Many families own successful franchise businesses. Of course, franchises come with rules and requirements from the franchisor -- you are not as free to build the business in your own way as you might be if you started a business from scratch.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

What are your thoughts about a family owning a franchise business? Many families own successful franchise businesses. Of course, franchises come with rules and requirements from the franchisor -- you are not as free to build the business in your own way as you might be if you started a business from scratch.

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Handbook Franchising Survey Efficiency 65

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. Their answer was Curves—a women-only club which is now the world’s largest fitness franchise chain. Then they design solutions from the customer backward.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 4, 2022

May 4 th has become an annual commemoration of the Star Wars media franchise. ” This is a powerful analogy for the leadership and culture energy fields that bind teams and organizations together. The leadership side of The Force inspires action with a focus on strengths, optimism, hopes, and dreams. Today is Star Wars Day.

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Herzberg Leadership Simon Motivation 64

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

I recently stopped for lunch at a franchise restaurant. I went to their website, where franchise chains allege they want customer comments. The franchise owner later called. We’re a franchise,” he admitted. Franchisers should not sell sure-fire promotions to build sales as part of the worth of the franchise.

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Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 68

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Great execution can elevate a flawed plan; at the same time, poor operational capabilities can easily sink a great set of ideas. The real magic for me as a leader was understanding how to shape our strategy and operational plans by integrating ideas from others and empowering them to bring those concepts to life.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2020

They all have one thing in common: excellent entrepreneurship and leadership qualities that make them unique and reach success’s pinnacles. Yes, the team is there to help you, but an owner knows best, and he should look at all aspects of the business and check that all operations are working efficiently. Entrepreneurship Skills.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. Will it be a personal need or a market need? It is important to have these answers before starting a small business. Having a solid ground of reasoning behind your idea.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

The second was at what was the fourth KFC franchise to open in the United States. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. The first which I attended was at the Armstrong-Johnson Ford dealership. Fast forward 20 years to 1979. No, he never returned.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

Melissa Strait: When we founded Inspire in February 2018, our leadership team spent time developing a clear purpose and set of behaviors that could align our organization and our brands.? Our recognition culture is a fundamental part of the way we operate and something that truly differentiates Inspire as a company. .

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Wise leadership does not fit the strict patterns of smart analysis, but instead taps into an intuitive part of who you are at the core, unearthing counterintuitive principles: Compassion doesn't have to come at the cost of efficiency — it can actually drive systems and operational excellence. What is your North Star?

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Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models.

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Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. However, the core skills they need are different.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

Opensecrets.org, for example, lists the National Auto Dealers Association as #19 in its list of ‘Top All-Time Donors’ to candidates, parties, and leadership PACs. ” Because that’s how today’s auto dealers want it, and they’re organized and affluent enough to sway the lawmaking process.

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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? Thanks for adding to the conversation. Results matter.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

That vision prompted Danone to divest product lines such as biscuits and beer while broadening its core dairy franchise. ” With the iMac and iBook, Steve Jobs reinvigorated the core Macintosh franchise by injecting a new sense of design and rethinking what computers would be used for in the age of the internet.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These concerns get polite nods here and there but, mostly, serious Africans ignore them and firmly redirect the conversation back to private equity, or franchise deals, or something along those lines. Bottom line: Are you game or are you out? And have you heard that we have more mobile phones than any other continent besides Asia?

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Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

Nokia stuck with a dated operating system and bet on a Windows-based platform that took far longer to mature. As a result, both have been reduced to tortoises, and leadership that was built over decades was decimated in just a few years. They did not anticipate the pace of change. RIM stuck with its physical keyboard for far too long.

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Innovation Franchising Maturity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

At Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development and Owner/President Management Program. You can change who James Bond is—Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig—without destroying the franchise… Whereas with Rocky, you’re pretty much stuck with Sylvester Stallone.”

Brand 10

Brand Education Productivity Products 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

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Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

It both funds day-to-day operations and generates profits for the future. Success in each box requires a different set of skills, attitudes, practices, and leadership. For a long time, I have been troubled to see how often organizations fail to invest wisely in their futures while instead placing dominant emphasis on the present.

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Innovation Management Hedge Govindarajan 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

Something Caitlin will likely not have to do,” said Jeremy Wallace, a transgender participant in my leadership training program and author of the memoir Taking the Scenic Route to Manhood. Most workplaces are hardly welcoming—and certainly not likely to send a trans individual to leadership training—at least not yet.”

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How To Diversity Learning-by-Doing Policies 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

They’ve never franchised. This vision establishes the principles for running a simple operation. Simplicity is the culture; it is the cornerstone of customer service – even extends to geographies. They’ve been in business since 1948 and 80% of their 290 outlets are in California. never wanted to expand to 50 states. and going public?

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Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

Primary care delivery faces additional challenges for scaling because it operates on thin margins, often is not highly valued by patients, and has difficulty attracting trained providers. North Star primarily serves truck drivers and sex workers, operating in the afternoons and evenings to fit its clients’ schedules.

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Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

American Express does this, too, with its Open Forum site, which publishes editorial-style content for managers and operators of small and mid-sized businesses. National Football League franchise Atlanta Falcons’ CMO Jim Smith asks fans to “Rise Up”—and they do. IT management Leadership Marketing'

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While the term political leadership may have become an oxymoron, it is simply impossible to be a statesman and not be a leader… It has been said that a politician is concerned with winning an election, and a statesman is concerned with future generations. We simply need to restore principled leadership in Washington.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

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