by Tracey Leak | May 27, 2019 | Business Simplified, Franchise, Personal Development, Tracey's Thoughts
Have you heard that saying that if you are not growing, then you are dying? Well that is the case in business. You need to be continually learning so that your business is growing, not dying. When I say this, I often have franchisees or business owners say to me,...
by Tracey Leak | May 20, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Personal Development, Tracey's Thoughts
You are not alone. In fact, EVERY franchisor has struggling franchisees, it is just a matter of how many and what they classify as struggling. In fact, about 10% of your franchisees should be in your category of ‘struggling franchisees’ because no matter what, if you...
by Tracey Leak | May 13, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
I believe that there is one thing that is the best thing about a franchise. That is, as a franchisee you can see what all the other franchisees are doing and you can talk to all the other franchisees. That being said, there is one thing that I think is the worst...
by Tracey Leak | May 6, 2019 | Articles, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
Today’s blog is pretty short because I just have this simple question to ask you…. Are you (or your support team) being the COACH or the COP with your franchisees? What do I mean by this. If you are being the COP, then it is all about policing your franchisees. You...
by Tracey Leak | Apr 29, 2019 | Business Building, Business Simplified, Franchise, Marketing, Tracey's Thoughts
Speak to any Franchisor that is the founder of the franchise and they can tell you story after story of how many times they have run their business on the smell of an oily rag! The number of times they have had to get totally scrappy and pull things together, work...