Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Other times it involves imbedding structural elements into your overall management and leadership system, but in both cases it works. Salesmen know the power behind carefully crafted language. That essentially takes some of the power away from the customer and gives it to the salesman. Often instantly. It inverts control.

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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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Tim Milburn

JANUARY 16, 2012

Perhaps the greatest evidence of the power of belief was seen in the performance of 49er quarterback, Alex Smith. It just goes to show how powerful belief can be. Smith has been on the receiving end of years of ridicule and question marks. He has never seemed to get comfortable in his role as quarterback for the 49ers.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

But there’s another aspect of this popular franchise that we can also appreciate and that is some of the lessons we can learn about how to be the kind of leader who not only inspires the best in others, but who also demonstrates a sense of clarity about who we are and what we’d like to achieve.

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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. Good luck in your leadership journey.

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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. She was thirsty for power and would do anything to retain the power she believed was her right. The sands shifted.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 7, 2013

17) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought and began to develop the McDonalds franchise. 19) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise. The second list is a collection of quotes to help you emphasize, both to yourself and to those your team, the dangerous negative power of excuses. 5) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. 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. But as the year closes, I realize that I’ve posted 54 blogs.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2015

So he went to Jordan and told him that the team needed his leadership, which would require his presence and effort to get to know his teammates personally. This is a powerful combination that is essential to successful leadership. These qualities contributed to Michael’s success as a businessman and basketball franchise owner.

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QAspire

JUNE 8, 2015

Gone with the industrial age is the concept of traditional leadership where people at the top of pyramid exercise the power in a hierarchy. In 2007, Cheryl Bachelder was hired to turn around the business situation that reeled with poor customer service, dwindling sales and troubled relationships with franchise owners.

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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.  OK, if you’ve read this far you must be both a football fan and a student of leadership. 

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ExactHire - Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Even one remote worker in a state may make your company liable for franchise taxes or a different standard of workers’ compensation insurance. Harness the power of data. For example, California updated its employment laws regarding the classification of independent contractors. Sometimes payroll mistakes will happen.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

JULY 15, 2010

And I have always been fascinated by George Steinbrenner, owner of the most successful franchise in baseball history., A man from which women leaders can learn a bit about leadership. George is accused by competitive teams and fans of changing baseball by using his financial power to buy and keep great players. the Yankees.

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Sports Franchising Learning-by-Doing Fashion 104

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

Fed up with peppy leadership books? But there is a larger lesson here: the power of storytelling to connect, inspire, and stick with us. Taiwanese-born Wen-Szu Lin thought he had a great opportunity when he bought the franchise rights to Auntie Anne's in China. Nigel Roberts has an idea for you: try Shakespeare instead.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 8, 2016

The more dominant and powerful you appear to others, the more likely you are to be hired as a senior executive and the higher your pay. Check out more of his infamous quotes in one of my other posts 55 Infamous Dictator Leadership Quotes: Despotic, Autocratic, & Tyrannical. ​ 15. ​ 17. Klingon Ah, yes.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 4, 2022

May 4 th has become an annual commemoration of the Star Wars media franchise. Star Wars is a classic good guys versus bad guys tale based on powerful concepts of mythology identified by Joseph Campbell in his classic book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces ( click here to read my review of his biography and work). Today is Star Wars Day.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

Fed up with peppy leadership books? But there is a larger lesson here: the power of storytelling to connect, inspire, and stick with us. Taiwanese-born Wen-Szu Lin thought he had a great opportunity when he bought the franchise rights to Auntie Anne's in China. Nigel Roberts has an idea for you: try Shakespeare instead.

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The Empowered Buisness

APRIL 14, 2015

In 1987, I flew to LA to a women’s leadership conference for one reason only. To meet Anita Roddick, founder and “then” CEO of multi-billion dollar franchise, Photo by David Niblack. Yet her commanding presence was so powerful, 30 years later, that memory is still vivid in my mind. Even Before You Speak. You feel it.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 13, 2016

But every action and every point of communication is more powerful with the vivid and compelling picture of the future in view. They appreciate the encouragement, the ideas, the tools, and the training from the other churches’ leadership. I would label three expressions of this intent as follows: • Serve as a franchise vision.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 14, 2010

Steinbrenner knew that in pursuit of his objective to make the New York Yankees the number one franchise in baseball, it’s better to be respected than to be liked. Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership , Motivation , results and tagged death , George Steinbrenner , leadership lessons , New York Yankees. How about you?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

” In sports, Jerry Jones, the brash owner of the Dallas Cowboys, the world’s most valuable athletic franchise, never misses an opportunity to talk a big game, even though his team has not won a big game in decades. ’” Those are the roots of the know-it-all style of leadership.

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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. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. We got to interview Colonel Harlan Sanders on his new business venture.

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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

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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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Don’t get me wrong, recognizing the value of participating in the most powerful medium on the planet by getting in the game is a good thing, but it’s an even better thing when coupled with a plan. Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target. EC Sheedy Fascinating!

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space. Wal-Mart understands the power of women-led firms to innovate compelling products.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

At an individual sales rep level, social selling can be powerful. For example, when the Sacramento Kings took on new ownership, the basketball franchise’s sales leadership adopted social selling, which drove a shift in confidence, especially among its newer reps. larger deals sourced through social platforms.

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B2B CRM Franchising Media 8

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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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. A great deal.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

Companies that appreciate the power of sacrifice also appreciate that ‘do less better’ is a winning strategy at both the corporate and functional level. Thanks to Coke’s global reach, brand power, bottling network, and single-minded focus, I’m betting on Coca-Cola sustaining this competitive advantage. They’ve never franchised.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

So it is expanding our franchise. The power of being a startup within a big company is that you can take advantage of those resources and assets. If you can attract new talent, and blend it with the existing talent, that can be very powerful. Leadership' We are moving from being an “exclusive” to an “inclusive” brand.

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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. There became too many competitors, too much franchising, too much hype and just as many who exited the industry as quickly as they entered it. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame is now out in all three e-book formats: iTunes , Kindle , and Nook.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2016

But I can tell you this: I would have had a field day with this exciting medium because I valued the power of ‘big ideas’ to infuse growth into the brands under my wing. Some people think that’s enough to build brand franchises. When I was in brand management, social media did not exist. Herein lies the myth of social media marketing.

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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.”

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Steve Farber

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Training magazine’s 2018 survey of more than 500 learning and development professionals showed that belief in the power of social media is real; 72 percent of respondents said they believe social media has “a meaningful impact” in business. You already know that and are probably looking to improve your reach and influence. and you’re right.

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ExactHire - Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Even one remote worker in a state may make your company liable for franchise taxes or a different standard of workers’ compensation insurance. Harness the power of data. For example, California updated its employment laws regarding the classification of independent contractors. Sometimes payroll mistakes will happen.

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