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The Day an Exec Showed Me Up

Nathan Magnuson

Several years ago when I was in graduate school, I invested a summer at a major restaurant franchise with the hopes of landing a corporate role after I graduated. I worked with an incredible operator who went out of his way to help me build my network with the corporate staff. Through one of the […].

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5 Leadership Lessons: Larry Thornton: Reflections on a Fifty-Year Journey from the Segregated South to America’s Board Rooms

Leading Blog

He was also the first African American to own a McDonald’s franchise in Birmingham, Alabama, among other firsts on his journey. Find your center and operate from it. Beginning as a sign painter for the local Coca-Cola bottling company, he would become the first and only African American to serve on the company’s board of directors.

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Escaping the Black Hole of Can’t

Terry Starbucker

I will not have nattering nabobs of negativism as part of my operations. Leadership' “My dear Terry, there’s no such thing as can’t. Do you hear me?” ” “Yes sir” (and that was the 1st and last time I was called a “nattering nabob” - more on that phrase, and its creator, here ).

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Listening, engaging, reciprocating – have earned us 2 billionaire backers, 4000+ franchising inquiries & 300+ stores now in development (launched franchise company in Fall '09). link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.]

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Fear of Loss of Group Membership is More Powerful Than Management

Mike Cardus

Example – Working with a large Coffee and Bake Shop franchise headquarters wanting the district managers to use Coaching & Feedback as opposed to authority and demands with the franchise owners. Management must be OK with the team changing the steps, as long as the change goal is met you cannot micromanage the process.

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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. Nabob Coffee’s market share accelerated to 25% and national leadership as arch rival Maxwell House worked to catch up. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Turnarounds and the Big Play.

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