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Are you prepared for sudden changes to your executive team?
It’s already nearly the end of January so I imagine you are already back up to speed after the break and already going great guns on your plans for 2025. You’ve laid out exactly what you need to do and have your team 100% on mission. You’ve got high hopes for...
Every journey into franchising starts with a single step – and this one is FREE!
Every business is different, and so are the steps it needs to become a franchise and grow successfully. Mapping out your journey in actionable steps is absolutely critical to any growth strategy, but that all relies on having the right information at your fingertips....
How’s your 2025 Franchisee Recruitment strategy going so far?
Well, here we are: nearly the end of January, already! It seems like only 5 minutes ago we were all talking about our plans for 2025, and the first month has already flown by. No doubt you’re busy putting your plans for recruiting more franchisees this year into...
Looking for a deeper insight into how well your franchise network really performs?
Perfecting how well your business runs is a job that never ends, isn’t it? The perfect systems are something you have to strive for constantly, not something you achieve overnight. It’s the same when you’re running a franchise, and becomes especially challenging the...
Why have just one expert when you can have a whole team?
You have heard quite a lot from me throughout 2024 on how I help businesses grow as a franchise, but really what we do at The Franchising Centre is so much more than what just any one specialist can offer. Depending on what you need, and when, there is a whole team of...
6 questions to ask when choosing the right consultant to support your franchise
From helping with underperforming franchisees, and exiting problem partners, through to improving your communications or training and support structures, bringing in an outside consultant can be a huge boon to your franchise. There’s no shortage of people you might go...
Business comms software is changing forever – will you embrace it or fall behind?
Last week we attended an event in Copenhagen which really showed us just how much the world of business comms is about to change. We don’t just mean how businesses communicate with customers, which is always shifting and changing, of course, but how businesses...
What do Ruth Brown, Home Instead, and Shirley Hughes from TFC have in common?
I feel deeply privileged to have been involved with so many great franchises over the years, helping them build their teams, and also helping talented people find the right roles where their skills can make them really shine. However, one of my proudest moments was...
Your 2025 growth strategy: ready for a new direction?
Do things slow down a bit for your business over the Christmas period, or is this one of your busiest times? A lot of the businesses I work with find December is the perfect time to look back over how their year has progressed and start laying plans for how they would...
Secretly wish you could ignore conflict until it goes away? Yeah, me too
After all, we’ve all got better things to do than deal with that minority of people who are rocking the boat. We want to spend time on the big issues and focus on what we’re good at, not rush around putting out fires. It can easily drag you down – that caller ID you...