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More employers are offering benefits that encourage employees to improve their health in 2012, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released this past summer.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Leaders by their very nature are under pressure to have advanced intellectual and emotional intelligence. In today's economy, they better add one more - VQ, The Vision Quotient.
  • Scott Klososky
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As is always the case, I learned a lot at the annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference this year.
  • Mel Kleiman
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When Kevin Osterfeld's "dream job" as a stockbroker didn't turn out so dreamy, he decided to switch things up.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 4,503 Reads 40 Shares
In my previous column I made several suggestions for successfully navigating our times to a brighter future.
  • Carol M. Schleif
  • 4,135 Reads 34 Shares
When things get quiet at Carla Fryar's Great Clips salons in Northfield and New Prague, Minn., she tells her employees to hit the road--dressed as the brand's mascot, Sudz, a life-sized blue shampoo bottle.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 10,401 Reads 1,650 Shares
When Edwin Sarkissian and his family emigrated from Iran to the United States in 1996, he was a young boy who longed for a computer.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,540 Reads 7 Shares
The Multi-Unit Franchising Conference was held in Las Vegas this past April. Would it surprise you to know that 70 percent of all revenue generated by Las Vegas casinos is non-gaming revenue?
  • Jack Mackey
  • 6,142 Reads 1,014 Shares
Ed Doherty knows how to "wow" people. In fact, he has command of the word and he knows how to use it.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 13,600 Reads 1,772 Shares
One of the largest uphill battles a franchise owner faces is combating the costs associated with hiring, training, and retaining good people, particularly in businesses with a high turnover rate.
  • Jason Hamilton
  • 38,923 Reads 3 Shares
It's probably true that most people who work with us will never care as deeply as we do about building our business and serving our clients.
  • Dr. Nido Qubein
  • 10,672 Reads
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A new international survey of companies identifies some unique and surprising social media trends.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,358 Reads 45 Shares
Everyone knows the value of a sponge: it absorbs water. This is a pretty good deal.
  • Steve LeFever
  • 12,918 Reads
During the initial stages of an exit strategy engagement with our clients, we spend considerable time gaining a full understanding the client's business.
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 10,813 Reads 1,010 Shares
A conversation with mega-franchisee Ed Doherty is invariably sprinkled with a lot of "wows."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,034 Reads 5 Shares
On Cathy Amato's first day as a Jack in the Box management trainee in the early 1980s, her trainer questioned whether Amato was up for the rigor ahead--changing grease vats, scrubbing floors, and crazy hours.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,315 Reads 1,022 Shares
The total number of veteran-owned franchise businesses among the most military-friendly franchise companies jumped nearly 35 percent to a record 11,469 in the last year
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,067 Reads 183 Shares
Today it seems that much of what we hear focuses on a lack of accountability.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 7,868 Reads 8 Shares
In case you haven't noticed, women possess a lot of buying power.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,693 Reads 903 Shares
One of the most challenging components of making decisions to invest in franchise units is trying to predict the future.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 4,936 Reads 33 Shares
If you've played, coached, or watched a sport on the University of South Carolina (USC) campus, there's a good chance you've eaten a Firehouse Sub from Judy and Charlie Divita.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,389 Reads 12 Shares
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Burton W. Folsom uncovered something revolutionary about capitalism in 19th century America.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,093 Reads 5 Shares
Turns out low-investment franchise brands carry a lot of weight. Although they may cost less than some of the big names in franchising, they have a significant presence in the market, according to a new report from Franchise Business Review.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,892 Reads 32 Shares
Any competent business management planning will include a plan for potential disasters.
  • Eric Reed
  • 4,166 Reads 10 Shares
During the 1930s, researchers from Harvard University conducted productivity studies at Western Electric's Hawthorne facility that demonstrated how management attention generates immediate productivity increases.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 7,559 Reads 1,078 Shares
They say everything is bigger in Texas. Eric Werner seems to believe the legend as he continues building his empire in the Lone Star State.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,635 Reads 41 Shares
The rapidly expanding mobile payments market is attractive to merchants because of the low entry barrier to obtain a smartphone or tablet device.
  • Gary Glover
  • 8,629 Reads 518 Shares
On Cathy Amato's first day as a Jack in the Box management trainee in the early 1980s, her trainer questioned whether Amato was up for the rigor ahead--changing grease vats, scrubbing floors, and crazy hours.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,831 Reads 1 Shares
There has been loads of media attention directed toward Twitter, the 140-character micro-blogging service that allows people and businesses to communicate with their "followers."
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,633 Reads 42 Shares
A slow market can be especially tough on small businesses, as they are often run on a shoestring budget which leaves very little room for the cost cutting and expense reductions that corporations implement in times like these.
  • Will Dylan
  • 9,142 Reads 981 Shares
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