by Tracey Leak | Apr 1, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
Now before we begin, I am going to admit that I spend the majority of my time as a coach, supporting franchisees, working with franchisors to help them once they have a franchisee on board, but every now and then, for special clients, I cross over into the franchise...
by Tracey Leak | Mar 18, 2019 | Articles, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
More than 15 years ago – before I was even a coach – I was taught this cycle of business by MY business coach (Action Coach) and it has always stayed with me as a guiding principle for how to do business and how to do it well. Now more than ever this,...
by Tracey Leak | Mar 11, 2019 | Articles, Business Building, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
Get ready… this is a long one!! Have you ever heard that saying ‘Good Guys always finish last’? Well that just wasn’t the case about 10 days ago when Jeremy and Tim from City Cave took out the WIN on the Global competition of the Next Generation in Franchising at the...
by Tracey Leak | Mar 4, 2019 | Articles, Franchise, Personal Development, Time Management, Tracey's Thoughts
To often I see franchisees start their brand new franchise business with huge excitement and anticipation to only find them about 3 or 4 months later totally deflated. Why is this? Well, generally it is because they have unrealistic expectations of what it takes to...
by Tracey Leak | Feb 18, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise
Imagine this…. You have a hose that is say 50 metres long. You turn on the water at the tap, but the water does not come out of the hose – at the other end – immediately, right? It takes a little time for the water to make its way through the hose until it exits at...
by Tracey Leak | Feb 4, 2019 | 101 Tips, Articles, Franchise, Personal Development, Tracey's Thoughts
At this time of year, franchise business owners are setting goals, making New Year’s resolution and the challenge is, that come February, most of these goals and resolutions have been put to the side. Why is that? I don’t think it is because franchise business owners...