Lead Change Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development A recent Wall Street Journal article, McDonald’s Tackles Service Woes, describes McDonald’s continued economic and customer service challenges. Excerpts from a leadership webcast to franchise owners warned that “1:5 [.]. McDonalds Corp.,

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 28, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article Dragon Ball is an animated series that started in Japan in 1984. Here’s a bit of background on the Dragon Ball franchise *. Before we dive into today’s Reel Leadership article, I want to put out a warning. I apologize if I get something wrong in this article, but I did my best!

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 4, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Todd Zenger for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * In a recent interview, Jeffrey Katzenberg described […].

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These techniques have been used to convince more citizens to apply for tax benefits and more franchised hotels to use a new algorithmic pricing system, among other examples. Organizations can find ways to improve the take-up rates of products and programs by utilizing concepts from behavioral economics.

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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). Related articles. Can't Get Enough Leadership. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. Ask the Coach . A Mentor is More than a Ticket to the Top.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an especially thoughtful article by Juliet Macur for The New York Times during which she provides an update on the background and current status of issues by no means unique to the Miami Dolphins, a National Football League franchise. I can only wonder what retired Dolphins’ Hall of Fame coach […].

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 10, 2018

Whether you’re advocating for workers as a union representative or providing pastoral leadership in cutting-edge ways, or seeking to own several franchises, your signature passion is required to heal, inspire, direct and deepen the quality of our lives. This is a guest article from Rosalind Henderson.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2022

In this article, we’ll look at what companies hire felons and what is required to get hired too. It is believed that the jobs offered to depend on the location of the franchise. We can boldly say that there are businesses that hire felons out there. What companies hire felons? Delta Airlines.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 22, 2018

If you think about the creative world, what’s the most innovative, amazing, successful movie franchise in history? This article originally appeared as an episode of the DailyBurk , which you can follow on YouTube , Facebook , LinkedIn or Twitter. The original Star Wars isn’t actually all that original.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 17, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article My mind is still trying to comprehend how there are now 8 Fast and the Furious movies. 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. Mind blowing!

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

He uses many examples of sports franchises that always win and some that always lose. My article, “The Unknown Motivational Factor” got a lot of buzz around how 1:1s can act as a catalyst for motivation. Eric Thomas talks about how Winners Win and Losers Lose. He makes some very valid points about leadership and culture.

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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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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2015

These qualities contributed to Michael’s success as a businessman and basketball franchise owner. This article originally appeared on Fox Business and ConnectionCulture.com. . Michael Jordan is a leader who cares about people and cares about results. This is a powerful combination that is essential to successful leadership.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2017

Entrepreneurship is about constant evolution to transform yourself from a fresh-faced small business owner into a chiseled owner of multiple franchises. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. In short; if you want to see continued success as an entrepreneur, you need to keep evolving and being better.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2019

Spencer Harrison, an associate professor at INSEAD, says that managers in any industry can learn from the success of the Marvel movie franchise. He is the co-author of the HBR article “Marvel’s Blockbuster Machine.”

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 4, 2021

A Reel Leadership Article. The First Strike On June 2nd, 1984, Columbia Pictures shocked the world with the first installment of the Karate Kid franchise. It resonated on several deep levels for many Americans both young and old. Young Daniel moves to California from the East Coast with his single mother.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2019

Quarterback, coach, GM, or owner?

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 25, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom returns moviegoers to the island of Isla Nublar. Jeff Goldblum returns to the Jurassic World franchise once more as mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm. Isla Nublar’s volcano is active and ready to kill every living creature on the island.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 12, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Tom Cruise took over the reigns as the leading character in the new The Mummy movie. Universal Studios is rebooting multiple monster movie franchises to create a Dark Universe. Did you enjoy this Reel Leadership article? Let me know in the comment section below.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 27, 2017

Gill didn’t know biscuits about the doggie daycare business, but he had a love of dogs and more than 30 years of experience in retail and franchising with companies like Pizza Hut and Gloria Jean’s Coffee. And it needed all of the franchisees and their team members to buy into and live a shared culture.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2016

Lang Smith is the founder of Cloud Signalytics – a first-of-its-kind predictive intelligence software platform helping major franchise auto dealerships create highly precise, individualized customer profiles to maximize sales. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

That deal brought the Stars Wars and the Indiana Jones franchises within Disney’s fold. For instance, the Avengers is a successful movie franchise but it is also monetized in Disney’s theme parks. Each film brand has many characters with imaginative stories that serve as franchisable assets. By contrast, Warner Bros.’

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 14, 2010

In reading all the articles about him in the paper today, I wondered how such a bully of a boss could have so many nice things said about him and one thought struck me: expectations and consequences. Ironically, the man quoted as saying “I don’t get heart attacks, I give them” died of a heart attack. How about you?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

One remote on which I joined Cactus was for the fourth KFC franchise in the United States. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

savings and loan industry crisis in the 1980s and 1990s showed us, enough marginal franchises added to a healthy portfolio can swamp the enterprise. As the U.S. Sustaining losses based on hazy visions of “integration” or unproven theories about employment leading to clinical discipline can no longer be justified.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

” The article reported that humble leaders “inspire close teamwork, rapid learning and high performance in their teams.” Martin Poole/Getty Images. A recent management column in the Wall Street Journal appeared under the appealing headline, “The Best Bosses Are Humbles Bosses.”

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Disclaimer: This entire article is not intended to be legal or tax advice; I am not an attorney or accountant. If you go the non-medical route, you need to decide if you want to be part of a home care franchise or go independent. For those interested in selling franchised clothing from home , there are a number of great options.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

This is a great article and I plan to send the link to the Social Media Nae sayers in my office! link] Justino Dominguez Hello Mike, Great article!! And because of your article I have decided to put more effort to publish quality content just as you say or don’t publish anything at all. Allison Miller What a great article.

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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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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Franchise sales have nothing to do with salespeople. Franchise sales are increasing in many markets as the internet makes customers more informed, connected and socially-influenced, and therefore less dependent on salespeople when making buying decisions. Free sales come in two forms.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

And since it's also HBR's 90th birthday , some of us are thinking about the articles that have had the greatest impact over the years. The article is notable for a variety of reasons, some typical of best-selling HBR articles, and some quite distinctive.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

” Lee put his words into action years later when the Hulk, a Marvel franchise, became the subject of a popular primetime television show. Lee elaborated , “It seems to me that if a person is doing something creatively, and he feels that’s the way it ought to be done, you’ve gotta let him do it.”

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

While drawing such a map today would require more boxes and more arrows, (and perhaps an independent web of interconnected assets surrounding the ESPN franchise), the fundamental patterns and the underlying insight and intuition would remain quite consistent.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2018

But it’s who Aumiller hires that is most disruptive: She consistently looks outside her domain, hiring employees from fashion, chemical manufacturing, franchising, and other disciplines. She likes people who can think outside the box of veterinary medicine and offer fresh perspectives from expertise acquired in other fields.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Star Wars fans are notorious for their psychological ownership of a film franchise they know intimately. Both of these tactics should elicit feelings of ownership. The dangers of psychological ownership.

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