Symptoms vs Problems

Posted on 12. May, 2010 by in Franchise Technology, Franchising, Management Philosophy

Quite often we speak with franchising executives about the challenges they’re facing. During these conversations, one subject that is commonly broached is the challenge surrounding franchise sales/development. Many times what the organization’s leadership is explaining to us are symptoms of a problem, but they’re looking for a solution that only treats this symptom. The reality […]

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Designing a Process for Awarding Franchises – Part 2: Management

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by in Franchise Lead Generation, Franchise Technology, Franchising, Management Philosophy

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” -Albert Einstein In my previous post, titled “Designing a Process for Awarding Franchises – Part 1: Leadership”, I looked at the notion of how designing a process of awarding franchises has to start with […]

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Designing a Process for Awarding Franchises – Part 1: Leadership

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by in Franchise Lead Generation, Franchising, Management Philosophy

Designing a process for effectively awarding franchises can be challenging.  There is both a management and a leadership component to doing it.  You may recall the image that Stephen Covey paints in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” whereby a group of Workers are fighting their way through the jungle, wielding machetes and cutting […]

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