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5 Tips to Define Your Business Strategy – Literally

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Part way through the meeting, the CEO realized his own leadership team was defining core elements of the strategy in different ways, including as it applied to the business model, franchising model, and current approach to create loyal customers. We were there to talk about communicating their new strategy to employees.

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What You Can Learn from Ted Leonsis' Life List

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  He told us that several years ago someone approached him about buying the Washington Capitals NHL franchise.    She asked him if he was really going to pass on the opportunity to check off items 40 (Own a sports franchise) and 41 (Win a world championship) on his list.    Some items are pure fun.

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It Never Ends. Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington.

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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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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

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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. We got to interview Colonel Harlan Sanders on his new business venture. All rights reserved.

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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. 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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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

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. In 1959, radio stations used to do live remotes from advertisers’ locations. No, he never returned.