When Managers Think They are Leaders

Learn why some managers can't lead

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Define Your Organization's Habits to Work More Efficiently

This Harvard Business Review blog offers some tips for improving franchisor performance

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Interview with Brooke Denihan Barrett, co-chief executive of Denihan Hospitality Group

An interview with a CEO who learned how to manage people as she was growing up in her job. From the New York Times

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What to Do When You've Made Someone Angry

Learn how to prevent discord in the workplace from getting out of control

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The "Sandwich Approach" Undermines Your Feedback

From this Harvard Business Review blog by Roger Schwarz learn why its important to provide negative feedback to subordinates without the sugar coating

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What Matrix Leaders Can Learn from Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

We can learn more about Paul Revere and his management style in this piece from Signe Spencer of the Hay Group.

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What Riding an Elephant Taught Me About Leadership

Here are some tips from inc.com on how to deal with an employee who behaves like an elephant.

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Want to Innovate? Get Ready to Kiss Some Frogs

In the NY Times Corner Office Series Adam Bryant interviews the President of Medline Industries.

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Seven ways to connect with media

Here are 7 tips for dealing with the media

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Don't Wait for Change

Learn why its important to not only recognize change but to address it rather than simply stand by

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Why Company Strategy Often Falls on Deaf Ears

Companies need to confirm that their employees understand the company strategy. A recent study found most don't.

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How to confront a performance problem

Learn how to deal with employee performance issues head on.

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Operational Excellence, Meet Customer Intimacy

Look for companies to learn more about their customers as a way to bond their operations to their customers needs

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A Simple Ritual for Harried Managers (and Popes)

Learn how Jesuit training helped a business career

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How to Make Internships Pay Off

Franchisors can benefit from interns but need to understand the drawbacks

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Becoming the Boss

This article offers advice for those who become a manager for the first time

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Want Productive Employees? Treat Them Like Adults

Tony Schwartz explains why its important to have a level of trust in your employees.

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Five Reasons Why You Should Help Your Frenemies By Scott Eblin

Blogger Scott Eblin describes why competitors should help each other.

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Getting Stuff Done: It's a Goal, and a Rating System

Learn how C.E.O. Kris Duggan screens candidates and shares common company goals.

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Leaders Who Value Humility are the Ones Other People Want to Follow.

John Baldoni explains why a humble leader can be effective

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New Research: What Yahoo Should Know About Good Managers and Remote Workers

A recent study sheds light on the effectiveness of home based employees versus office based workers.

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How to Handle 3 Kinds of Conflict

Dan McCarthy explains how managers can address three types of conflict

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Managers: Do you "ask" enough?

Learn why effective managers understand the importance of asking questions

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When things go right

Mary Jo Asmus suggests that managers sprinkle their nitpicking and criticism with some praise and encouragement

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How to Give a Meaningful "Thank You"

More executives should recognize the contributions of their key subordinates.

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The First Secret of Success Is Showing Up

Technology can't always replace the value of having a physical presence in a location or market

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Five Reasons Leaders Fail

Learn how a persons greatest strength can also be their greatest weakness

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To Tear Down Walls, You Have to Move Out of Your Office

Learn how CEO Robert LoCascio survived the early struggles as an entrepreneur and learned how to build and manage a successful company.

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Don't Let Strategy Become Planning

Learn why a strategic plan is not all its cracked up to be

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Andrew Sobel On The Power of Asking Questions

Read why it's more important to ask the right questions and listen to the answers

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The 5 ways CEOs should spend their time

CEO Paul Greenberg explains why an executive should avoid micro-managing his key people

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Just Call Someone Already

This outstanding article from the Harvard Business Review reminds us how we've lost touch with communicating via the telephone.

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Lincoln's School of Management

An informative article from the New York Times reveals the lessons business leaders can learn from President Lincoln.

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Bad Leaders Can Change Their Spots

Leaders with flaws is often the result of a lack of good interpersonal relationships.

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What Happens When Executives Freak Out?

Learn what happens when an executive freaks out.

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The First Rule of Brainstorming: Suspend Disbelief

Franchisors and franchisees will find this latest article in the New York Times Corner Office series by Adam Bryant very useful.

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An Interview with Southwest Airlines Founder Herb Kelleher

An interview with Southwest Airlines Chairman Herb Kelleher who leads one of America's leading and most admired companies.

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The True Cost of a Bad Boss

An interesting video from OnlineMBA deals with the costs that result from a bad boss.

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Take Back Your Life in Ten Steps

This article by Tony Schwartz that was in the Harvard Business Review explains how we can get control of our lives.

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Leadership Lessons From an American Revolution General

Learn how a General from the American Revolution can teach us some lessons in leadership.

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Wins and Losses for Top Women Business Leaders in 2013

Read about the women who were named to leadership roles in some of America's leading corporations during 2013.

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What's Your Story? The Answer May Land You a Job

Read how one CEO uses open ended questions to learn more about job candidates. From the New York Times Corner Office Series.

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Questions to Help Understand Your Corporate Culture

Learn how to assess a franchisors corporate culture and how to adjust where needed.

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Opportunities to Develop Leadership

Learn why it's important for leaders to identify and groom their replacement

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Attention Managers: Fatigue Is Your Enemy

From the Harvard Business Review blog learn how fatigue can lead to poor performance.

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Don't Chase Everything That Shines

From the NY Times Corner Office series an example of how one CEO employs her leadership style.

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When Negotiating; Build Bridges by Getting the Facts

Learn how to build bridges when you're trying to prove your point.

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When Your Manager Is Afraid of You

A successful subordinate can cause fear in their manager.

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From INC Magazine Nine Myths Leaders Tell Themselves.

From INC magazine here are nine myths of leadership

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LinkedIn CEO Shares Leadership Philosophy

Leadership tips from the CEO of LinkedIn in the New York Times.

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Franchisors and Franchisees Grow Your Successor From Within

Its important for franchisors and franchisees to have a succession plan in order to avoid going outside of the organization when looking for a replacement.

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Stop Being a People-Pleaser

Learn why trying to please everyone can cost a manager valuable time.

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Hurricane Sandy and Crisis Communications Lessons from New York Mayor Bloomberg

Here are 5 lessons we can learn from New York City mayor Bloomberg.

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President of Amdec uses a Nurse's Intuition in Leadership

Learn how the President of a top NY medical research partnership uses her nurses intuition to lead.

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What Do Employees Think About their Boss?

See the results of the first Bad Boss Study by psychologist, Michelle McQuaid,

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Tips from an Efficiency Expert

Andrew Jensen an efficiency expert offers his advice and tips for streamlining a company operation.

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Books for Up and Coming Leaders

From the Harvard Business Review blog, where to find books that young leaders should read.

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How Leaders Can Apply Romney's Winning Debate Tactics

Read how business leaders can learn something from Romney's recent debate victory over President Obama

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Simple Rules, Not Complicated Ones Shape Strategy

Learn why corporate strategy should be communicated into a few simple rules.

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Steve Jobs as a Role Model for Leaders

Should business leaders try to emulate Steve Jobs leadership style?

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Ten Ways to Get Leaders, Customers and Employees to Change

Ten ways you can get people to change their behavior.

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Three Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Businesses

Learn what makes businesses unsuccessful?

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Balancing Leadership and Management

There are differences between leaders and managers. Learn what they are.

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Five Things a Boss Should do Before They Fire Someone

Here are five things a manager should do before firing an employee

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The Top NFL Franchises and Their Leadership Secrets

Learn the management secrets of the top NFL teams from this article in the Wall Street Journal

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Interview with a Turnaround and Start-Up CEO

From this New York Times interview with CEO Tracy Streckenbach you'll learn about the supposed value of mission statements, executive leadership and how to give employees that feel good feeling about their company.

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Being First: Ten Innovation lessons from Mount Everest

Drawing on the accomplishments of Sir Edmund Hillary this writer offers 10 lessons on innovation

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Famous Chef Mario Batali Provides Insight about Leadership

Top chef Mario Batali provides his recipe for sound leadership

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Bosses Shouldn't Shout Whether Through Screaming or E-mails

No one likes to work for a screaming boss and some bosses scream through email

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When Failure is the Best Option

Franchisors and franchisees need to understand that in some situations failure may be their best option.

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How Peer Pressure Takes Place in the Executive Suite

A recent study of CEO behavior reveals how peer pressure can play a role in executive major decisions.

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Why Franchisors Need an Effective Board of Directors

Its important for a franchisor to have an effective board of directors. Learn what the benefits are.

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The Bad Habits You Learn in School

From this Harvard Business Review blog post read about the challenges managers face when leading new college graduates.

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Four Big Challenges Facing Company Leaders

Here are four leadership challenges that CEO's face from John Spence.

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How to Balance a Marriage with Careers

In this piece from the Harvard Business Review blog learn how to face the challenges of a married couple with dual careers.

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Leadership Lessons from Sally Ride

Read about three leadership lessons from the the late U.S. astronaut Sally Ride.

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Interview with Panera Bread Founder Ronald M. Shaich

An interview with Panera Bread founder Ronald M. Shaich from the New York Times.

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Have You Heard of Stephen Covey?

Whether or not you heard of Dr. Stephen Covey you should read this article by Susan Young.

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Keep Negative Emotions In Check

Prevent negative emotions from being spread by a manager or executive throughout your company or franchise.

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Is Your Franchisor Obtaining Franchisee Financial Reports?

Franchisors have an obligation to gather financial information from their franchisees.

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10 Ways to Communicate in Today's Business World

Here are the 10 principles of communicating in the 21st century from the former head of communications for franchisor McDonalds.

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7 Businesses that Failed at Twitter

Learn how some of top companies in the world made serious mistakes marketing through social media

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How to Have a Successful Vacation Launch and Re-entry

Franchisees and franchisor leaders can take a cue from this HBR Blog on how to deal with your vacations

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Male Leaders Should Watch Their Body Language

Learn about body language mistakes that male leaders make.

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Angie's List Founder has Right Leadership Philosophy

This article in the New York Times Corner Office series features Angie's List co-founder Angie Hicks expounding on her sound and effective leadership philosophy.

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5 Steps For Tackling Your Role as a New Leader

If you're a franchisee or manager who is new to a leadership role this article will offer some helpful advice.

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The Disipline of Listening

Effective business leaders should be good listeners. This article from the Harvard Business Review blog how.

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How Women can Handle Direct Challenges to Their Authority

Learn how women in positions of authority can respond when someone challenges their authority.

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Making Sure Busy Doesn't Lead to Burnout

From this Wall Street Journal article learn how to avoid burnout from working long hours.

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Business Plans at Stony Brook SBDC

For individuals in the Long Island area who are a considering a franchise opportunity its important to write an effective business plan. The SBDC at Stony Brook University provides assistance.

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Employees Deserve Quality Feedback on Their Performance

Learn why its so important for employees to know why they got evaluated a certain way.

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The Corner Office on Leadership

Learn how one CEO uses a leadership style that's simple yet effective. From the New York Times Corner office series.

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Why Business Generalists are more Valuable Than Specialists

Read why the business generalist is replacing the business specialist as organizations discover the value the generalist brings to a company.

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Find the Reverse Leaders in Your Company

Learn what reverse leadership is and why it may become the latest trend in companies.

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How to Deal with E-Mail Overload

From time to time we'll find ourselves hung up on our e-mails. Find out how to deal with e-mail overload.

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The Composition of The Executive Suite is Changing

This article from the Columbia Business School column explains how the executive suite is undergoing dramatic change.

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How to be a Horrible Boss

A humorous approach to managing people. How to be a horrible boss is informative and practical.

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A Feel Good Small Business Story

Read this story of a young man who left Wall Street to save a family business

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How to Successfully Facilitate a Brainstorming Session

Learn what makes for a successful brainstorming session. Its all about the facilitator.

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Good Leadership Practices Haven't Changed

Over the years I've established my leadership philosophy. Learn what my leadership practices are.

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Understanding the Why of Your Product or Service

When Franchisors are looking to improve or enhance a product or service they should first consider why they are selling it.

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Can Smartphones Hurt our Business?

In the Harvard Business Review this business writer believes we are becoming hooked to our smartphones 24/7.

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Why Great Leaders are in Short Supply

This article presents the reasons why great leaders are in short supply.

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On Steve Jobs Leadership: A Different Viewpoint

This article from the Harvard Business Review provides a different perspective on the leadership style of Steve Jobs who has been often described as a demanding and difficult manager.

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Steve Jobs and Bobby Knight Shared Management Styles

A recent article in the Harvard Business Review explains how Steve Jobs and Bobby Knight shared four key management traits.

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How Our Future Leaders Will Communicate

An interesting article that offers a glimpse into future business leaders.

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How to Deal With Critics

This article from the Harvard Business Review offers good advice for dealing with harsh criticism.

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Four Ways to Get Your Business Priorities in Place

In this article from the Harvard business Review, Tony Schwartz presents easy to follow advice for prioritizing your business activities.

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If You Disclose it: They Will Franchise

If more franchisors were to disclose franchisee financial results it would enhance the franchise sales and selection process.

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What it Will Take to lead 20 Years From Now

Learn what the effective leaders of the future will be like from management expert, John Baldoni.

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Before Franchising your Business Answer These Questions

Before franchising an existing business, it's important to answer certain questions in order to determine if the business can be modeled into a good franchise opportunity.

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Expanding Your Franchise Business to International Markets

Here are two articles that offer advice to franchisors that are looking to go international.

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Who Were The Worst CEOs of 2011?

Here is an interesting article from the NY Times that lists the worst CEOs from 2011.

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In Franchising: Trust is a Two-Way Street

Its important that the relationship between a franchisor and its franchisees is built on trust.

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Five Great New Years Resolutions for Business People

Here are five things we should avoid doing in 2012. From the Harvard Business Review.

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Former Coca Cola CEO Outlines Success in Turnabout

This article from the Financial Times highlights key lessons from Inside Coca-Cola, written by former CEO Neville Isdell.

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Franchisors Should Have Flat Organizations

A flat organizational structure lends itself more readily to franchise organizations.

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How Franchisors and Franchisees can Achieve Success

Learn what franchisors and franchisees need to do in order to be successful

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Leaders Need to Paint a Picture of Their Vision

In this interview from the New York Times you'll learn why CEO John Riccitiello wants his employees to have a clear understanding of his vision for the company.

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How to Streamline Your Communications

Learn how to streamline your teams communications from CEO Michael Feuer.

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