Tracey’s Thoughts | Tracey Leak

Use simple strategies to grow your franchise business.

by Tracey Leak | Mar 25, 2019 | Business Building, Business Simplified, Franchise, Marketing, Sales, Tracey's Thoughts

This topic is actually applicable to both franchisors and franchisees because they are all business owners and the thing that most business owners do is to over complicate their business. It is true, especially when it comes to growing their business. Let me give you...

When the cycle of business is reversed and the detrimental consequences of this to a franchise group.

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,...

When good guys finish FIRST and what I believe you can learn from 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...

Business is a marathon, not a sprint.

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...

Is it time to change up your conference?

by Tracey Leak | Feb 25, 2019 | Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts

This last week I’ve been working with one of my clients on their conference. I have also just had another conference speaking spot booked and was talking to the Franchisor about this very topic. How long is it since you ‘changed up’ your conference for your...

Why Peer to Peer Support is VITAL for Every Franchisee

by Tracey Leak | Feb 11, 2019 | 101 Tips, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts

So you have a teenager. You have told this teenager an important tip, idea, piece of information, say like one hundred times before and then a friend tells them this same piece of information just once and it is like your teenager has seen the light and that this is...