Franchise Leadership
More business books are written about leadership than perhaps any other business topic. The leader of a franchise business or a franchise system sets the tone, culture, and values of the organization. Clear, consistent leadership is behind all successful franchise organizations. From personal and professional development to developing future leaders, learn what today’s business leaders have to say about leadership and how it can help your organization succeed and grow.
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Identify where you can develop and become a more effective leader, then you will be able to help develop your rising stars into leaders that help take your organization forward.
- Kendall Rawls
- 17,930 Reads 27 Shares
Cowboy Chicken debuted our redesigned restaurant interiors earlier this year. After reviewing customer feedback, we held a brand summit in 2016 and developed a prototype that focused on redesigning the restaurant interiors to better reflect the food we serve.
- Sean Kennedy
- 7,220 Reads 33 Shares
In September 2015, Mary Thompson and I had the pleasure of meeting U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) at the IFA’s Franchise Action Network meeting to talk about the most pressing issues facing franchisors across the country.
- Dina Dwyer-Owens
- 4,131 Reads 8 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 5,347 Reads 106 Shares
TA Restaurant Group, a multi-brand franchisee and franchisor, is a division of TravelCenters of America, a Fortune 500 company that offers diesel and gasoline fueling, restaurants, truck repair facilities, convenience stores, and other services in 43 states and Canada.
- John Ponczoch
- 4,823 Reads 528 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 4,930 Reads 3 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 7,111 Reads 71 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 6,427 Reads 2 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 8,473 Reads 24 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 6,339 Reads
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 7,692 Reads 5 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 6,954 Reads 6 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 5,736 Reads 1,014 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 11,082 Reads 1 Shares
When I acquired Shoney's Restaurants a decade ago, I was presented with an opportunity and a challenge to bring this 70-year-old iconic American brand back to its glory days.
- David Davoudpour
- 14,128 Reads 2 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 7,495 Reads 1 Shares
Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.
- Franchise Update
- 6,795 Reads 1 Shares
I never want to stand still. I always want to be working on something and find ways to improve it, expand upon it, and to be innovative.
- Jonathan Barnett
- 5,010 Reads
Any big initiative, project, or revolution must have the support of the senior leadership team; otherwise it will be considered "flavor of the month" or "management by bestseller."
- John DiJulius
- 3,840 Reads 2 Shares
Arby's has come a long way in the past few years. Over that time, the legacy brand has launched a series of innovative, meat-focused menu items, including the sizzling Brown Sugar Bacon sandwich lineup, the most successful limited-time offer platform of 2015.
- John Bowie
- 4,960 Reads 1 Shares
Ally Svenson, co-founder of MOD Pizza with her husband Scott, is no stranger to starting and growing a business.
- Franchise Update
- 5,439 Reads 1 Shares
Renée Israel loves the smell and taste of fresh, kettle-cooked popcorn. When she and her husband Rob spotted mom-and-pop kettle corn makers at a farmers market in Boulder, Colo., in the early 2000s, it got them thinking. How could they bring fresh-popped flavored popcorn to a wider audience?
- Kerry Pipes
- 4,784 Reads 6 Shares
Turning your passion into a successful business is every entrepreneur's dream. Turning it into a business that helps other entrepreneurs realize their dreams is even better.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 4,008 Reads 1 Shares
Heidi Ganahl says she has always been an entrepreneur and dog lover. "My husband and I were characterized by two things: we thought up crazy, wild ideas and we loved taking care of our two dogs," she says of their life in the early 1990s.
- Kerry Pipes
- 9,162 Reads 2 Shares
How do you cure years of debilitating, recurring back pain? For Shane Evans, it was therapeutic massage. She liked the results so much that she started a franchise to offer that same experience to others.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 6,756 Reads
Let's start with what's an Acai berry. Looking like a cross between a grape and a blueberry, the açaí (ah-sigh-EE) berry is a small, reddish-purple fruit harvested from palm trees that grow around the Amazon River Basin.
- Eddy Goldberg
- 5,271 Reads 2 Shares
Mary Rogers likes to start things and she likes to see children learn. In 1984, she started Computer Explorers, a brand created to teach kids how to work with the newly arriving wave of personal computers.
- Kerry Pipes
- 4,691 Reads
Dan Tarantin is president and CEO of Harris Research, franchisor of Chem-Dry and N-Hance Wood Renewal. Chem-Dry, founded in 1977, is a carpet and upholstery cleaning brand with more than 3,500 locations in 50 countries and provides services to nearly 10,000 homes daily.
- By Kerry Pipes
- 5,719 Reads 1 Shares
Jonathan Barnett has a portfolio full of ideas and plans for his expanding the Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning brand.
- Kerry Pipes
- 6,896 Reads 15 Shares
In the fast food industry, taste will always rule. The past few years, however, have seen a shift in the way guests connect with brands, with elevated expectations regarding food quality, transparency, and authenticity.
- By Bill Phelps
- 6,376 Reads 1 Shares
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