10 Tips to Support Franchisees at the Personal Level
For a franchisee, business and personal life often blend together. While there are downsides to this, the upside is the commitment they bring to looking after their staff and their customers. According to the world’s leading franchise business psychologist Greg Nathan at the Franchise Relationships Institute (FRI), data recently collected highlights a need for franchisor […]
Greg Nathan: Franchisee Wheel of Excellence
Last week, Greg Nathan was stateside and spent the day with one of our franchise clients (with more to come this week) talking franchise relationships, as he does so profoundly. A member of Team SPEAK!, who had not had the privilege of seeing Greg live, was able to attend. Hearing her bubble over this morning about Greg’s […]
Greg Nathan: The Franchisee/Franchisor Relationship—When Do We Get To The “WE” Stage?
This month we’ve been featuring Greg Nathan, founder of the Franchise Relationships Institute, and talking about all things franchisor/franchisee! In this week’s video interview, Greg and I talk about the 6 stages of the franchisor/franchisee relationship…and WHEN does it get to WE? Greg’s book, The Franchise E-Factor walks through these easily identifiable stages. Let me […]
How Excellent Are WE? Greg Nathan’s Franchisor Wheel of Excellence
This month we’ll be featuring Greg Nathan, Founder of the Franchise Relationships Institute, because of his extraordinary contribution to the franchise industry—through his research and books, as well as his Franchise Relationships Bootcamps and varied speaking engagements, which have created change for SO many franchise systems. I sat down with Greg recently to talk about […]
Recovery Ongoing: Supporting Franchisees in Crisis from Greg Nathan
In thinking about so many of our franchisor friends which have franchisees working to recover from the damage of the recent hurricanes, I remembered a wonderful and useful article Greg Nathan shared a few years back. I thought I’d pass it along it hopes that it may be useful to some of you. Greg Nathan’s […]
Are You Mindful or Mind-Full? – Greg’s Healthy Franchise Relationships 2-Minute Tip
Are You Mindful or Mind-Full? I love this topic and Greg does a wonderful job both illustrating the difference (because sometimes we struggle to see it in ourselves) and providing tips to expand mindfulness each day. Read on… “I recently sat in a workshop on Mindfulness led by a psychology colleague. Later, while chatting about […]
Lessons My Puppy Taught Me: Greg’s Healthy Franchise Relationships 2-Minute Tip
We all love our pets and teach them, but what can we learn from them? This is now one of my favorite of Greg’s Tips! Having been a Bark Busters franchisee years back, as well as a passionate lover of several furry family members, I can’t get enough of watching their behavior! Read on… “We […]
Out-Of-The-Box Team-Building Ideas!
Out of the Box Team-Building Ideas! Team SPEAK! has been talking a lot about team-building recently—both for us, as a growing small business, and especially as we learn from listening to our clients’ successes! I had the privilege of hosting an IFA Roundtable in February on Convention Planning, during which several memorable team-building successes […]
May the Force Be With You! – Greg Nathan’s 2-Minute Healthy Franchise Relationships Tip
Answering the big questions is the theme of Greg Nathan’s Two-Minute Franchise Relationships Tip this week. Economics, psychology or philosophy? Read on… May The Force Be With You! Greg Nathan’s Healthy Franchise Relationships 2-Minute Tips #127 There’s a story about a young man who was looking for answers to the big questions in life. Someone […]
Having John Francis at your next franchise event will be a game-changer!
In most franchise circles, John Francis needs no introduction. It’s very possible he’s spoken at a franchise convention or meeting you’ve attended or planned, served on a franchisor board or industry committee you are familiar with — OR maybe you’ve just been lucky enough to spend some time with John at a franchise industry event. […]
