article thumbnail

The Case for Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Ken Kuzia: How do you get managers to buy into the fact that they need development? Mentors agree that you can rely on a certain level of resistance when it comes to identifying development opportunities. It’s difficult to get managers to accept that they need development, let alone continuous development.

article thumbnail

Refining Your Craft: 4 Aspects of Business Every Restaurant Owner Can Improve

Strategy Driven

From focused franchise accounting services to one-off consulting projects, the required kinds of support are now readily accessible. When a restaurant’s accounting game has become truly well-developed, the entire establishment will be a lot more resilient. Fortunately, that is easier to achieve than at any time in the past.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

George Steinbrenner: the King of Consequences

Roundtable Talk

Steinbrenner was a larger than life leader, who’s micro managing tactics repeatedly came under fire. 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. How about you?

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business – Community Relations and Cause Related Marketing Are Business Strategies, Not Sales Promotions: Determining the Right Kind of Tie-In Causes.

Strategy Driven

I recently stopped for lunch at a franchise restaurant. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. I went to their website, where franchise chains allege they want customer comments. The franchise owner later called. We’re a franchise,” he admitted.

article thumbnail

Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

But many don’t have one, instead adopting only defensive, short-term, or narrowly self-interested “government relations” tactics. To meet this daunting challenge, corporations need a strategic, forward-looking, and balanced approach to government and public affairs.

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. 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.

article thumbnail

Why Customers Leave

Skip Prichard

How did you develop the list? . So, in writing the book, I decided early to break each short chapter into a specific offending behavior, policy or tactic employed by business and offer specific examples that everyone could relate to. From this mindset has come the “franchise approach.” Blame it on stiff competition.