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<title><![CDATA[Rider On The Storm: From 25 To 50 Restaurants In 4 Years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As a youngster, Greg Cutchall watched his father and uncle struggle to make ends meet with their two A&amp;W restaurants and told himself he would never go into that business.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control Issues: Even When You Can't Control Events, You Can Control How You Respond]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As a professional pilot, I meticulously pre-plan my flight including strong and continuous consideration and planning for the weather.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Team Works: Group Decision-Making Can Result In More Positive Outcomes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the primary reasons organizations and companies go through the effort of developing a qualified team environment is to produce better decision-making that results in more positive outcomes.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/team_works_group_decisionmaking_can_result_in_more_positive_outcomes.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Survival Strategies: 5 Tips To Lead Change In Challenging Times]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Putting the right people at the helm has launched many high profile, highly successful turnarounds, from Jack Welch in his early days at GE to Meg Whitman at eBay.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/business_survival_strategies_5_tips_to_lead_change_in_challenging_times.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Pursuit Of Innovation: Glenn Mueller's Passion And Innovation Have Helped Make Him Domino's Largest Franchisee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Glenn Mueller is Domino's Pizza's largest single franchisee with 135 units. It's a partnership made in pizza heaven.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/the_pursuit_of_innovation_glenn_muellers_passion_and_innovation_have_helped.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Make Payment Security Standard: 7 Tips To Safeguard Your Business From Data Breaches]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If I know anything about franchisees, it's that they have lists for everything, from daily kitchen cleaning practices to employee entrance procedures.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/make_payment_security_standard_7_tips_to_safeguard_your_business_from_data_.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Franchise Whisperer: Perpetually On The Prowl For The Next New Thing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lloyd Sugarman--Sugie, to his friends--is something of a "franchise whisperer." He sniffed out Coldstone Creamery as a concept with great franchise potential years before the couple who started it were ready to grow.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/franchise_whisperer_perpetually_on_the_prowl_for_the_next_new_thing.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unique Opportunity--Act Today!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We are experiencing a rare alignment of stars in the franchise finance world right now, and it's essential that operators act quickly to take advantage of this situation, before the party's over. To understand the current financing environment, let's take a look at the economic "big picture."]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/unique_opportunityact_today.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Franchising Is For Girls!: Female Franchisees Are Carving Out Their Own Success Stories]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For most of her 40-year career, Linda Read says she has had to work harder, be smarter, and produce better results than the men in her field]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/franchising_is_for_girls_female_franchisees_are_carving_out_their_own_succe.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Zero Tolerance: The Ramifications Of Harassment On Your Business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The role of the leader is to create a smooth operating and empowered organization that frees employees from obstacles and barriers to their personal productivity.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/zero_tolerance_the_ramifications_of_harassment_on_your_business.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HR Headaches?: A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Can Offer Relief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The primary concern most fast food business and franchise owners encounter is the balance of front of the house demands and back of the house operations.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/hr_headaches_a_professional_employer_organization_peo_can_offer_relief.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rapid Growth: Tony Lutfi Goes From 52 To 134 Units In Three Years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When Tony Lutfi was asked back in 2009 where he'd like to be in five years, he said 100 units.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/rapid_growth_tony_lutfi_goes_from_52_to_134_units_in_three_years.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Veterans Turn To Franchising: Record Number Of Veterans And Military Spouses Have Joined Franchising Ranks Since 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The White House and IFA recently announced that 290,000 veterans and military spouses have been hired or trained in the franchise business since the launch of the White House Joining Forces initiative in 2011.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/veterans_turn_to_franchising_record_number_of_veterans_and_military_spouses.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Avoid These Common Hiring Mistakes: 10 Ways To Hire The Wrong Person Every Time--guaranteed!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In my 20-plus years of teaching and consulting with business owners and hiring managers about how to "hire tough so they can manage easy," I've discovered there are 10 commonplace mistakes almost everyone makes that are guaranteed to result in bad hiring decisions and waste untold time, money, and effort.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/avoid_these_common_hiring_mistakes_10_ways_to_hire_the_wrong_person_every_t.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Hospitality]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If President Obama decided to name an Ambassador of Franchising, John "JD" Draper, with his dapper attire, mile-wide smile, and booming voice would surely make the "short list" of top candidates.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/mr_hospitality.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Tasks To Individuals: Making The Transition From Manager To Leader]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Managers are often task-oriented, and not necessarily focused on their employees. Leaders on the other hand are people-oriented;]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/from_tasks_to_individuals_making_the_transition_from_manager_to_leader.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Clean Transfer: Key Considerations For Succession Planning]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A franchise is not an ordinary business asset. You don't really "own" a franchise outright as you do a traditional business.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/a_clean_transfer_key_considerations_for_succession_planning.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Job Site: Survey Reveals Restaurant Job Seeker Social Media Habits]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you're not using social media as part of your recruiting process you should be.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/job_site_survey_reveals_restaurant_job_seeker_social_media_habits.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shipping Out Service: Navy Veteran Jo McCabe Succeeds With Mr. Handyman]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You might assume that Jo McCabe has a background in home repairs. The co-owner of Mr. Handyman and the system's 2010 Franchisee of the Year, serves the Prince William and southern Fairfax counties in Virginia.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/shipping_out_service_navy_veteran_jo_mccabe_succeeds_with_mr_handyman.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Future Certain: Third-Grade Wish Comes True]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When Brandon Jones was in the third grade, his teacher asked the class to write about what they wanted to be when they grew up.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/future_certain_thirdgrade_wish_comes_true.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climbing The Service-Profit Chain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I attend a lot of franchise conferences in Las Vegas. When you look around there, gambling seems to a very profitable business, right?]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/climbing_the_serviceprofit_chain.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Processes And People: Time To Renovate And Retrofit Your Customer-Focused Culture]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Creating a customer-focused culture requires strategy and constant review. Each year you should review your goal setting and organizing efforts.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/processes_and_people_time_to_renovate_and_retrofit_your_customerfocused_cul.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multi-Unit Franchising Conference: Multi-unit Franchisees Bring Spirit Of Optimism To Las Vegas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Themes of resiliency and optimism within the franchise community permeated the air at this year's Multi-Unit Franchising Conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, March 27-29.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/multiunit_franchising_conference_multiunit_franchisees_bring_spirit_of_opti.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Key Drivers: Motivation Must Be Personal To Be Effective]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[All employees are unique in what motivates them to perform to their capacity and excel in their profession.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/key_drivers_motivation_must_be_personal_to_be_effective.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Family Dynasty: The Saxton Group Is The Largest McAlister's Deli Franchisee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kelly Saxton remembers his very first job flipping burgers at his grandfather's diner in South Hutchinson, Kansas.]]></description>
<link>http://www.franchising.com/articles/family_dynasty_the_saxton_group_is_the_largest_mcalisters_deli_franchisee.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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