When I hit the three year mark in my own business, I did what many business owners and entrepreneurs do, I hit a wall. No matter what I did, I couldn’t seem to find my way around it, over it, or through it. It wasn’t my sales or marketing skills, it wasn’t the delivery of […]
As ActionCOACH business coaching celebrates its 20th anniversary in franchising, I would like to revisit the humble beginnings of franchising as a business model and show how franchising has adapted to the needs of both consumers and entrepreneurs alike, making it one of the most successful and prevalent business models today. Franchising as a business […]
I’m sure everybody reading this article knows somebody who can regale you with tales of a nightmarish boss. You might even be that person. Power trips, backstabbing, favoritism – some bosses, intentionally or unintentionally, purposefully pit their workers against each other so as to prevent anybody from potentially challenging their own position. Others simply don’t […]
Major changes in the worldwide population affect not only who consumers are today, but also the available labor market. Franchisors and franchisees alike must adapt to this changing customer and employee base to find opportunities for growth. So how do young adults, millennials and franchising, impact business in our digital age? The “Millennial” generation—those born near […]
A lot of books have been dedicated to the subject of debt and money. It seems simple enough: don’t spend more than you make. As you know, this is not what reality actually entails. Sometimes it’s the person’s fault: they wanted that new, shiny car, or maybe they felt like going on a shopping spree. […]
My name is Rick Plaskett, I live in Atlanta Georgia, and I’m a business coach in the ActionCOACH community. In the last 8 years, I’ve journeyed beyond all my expectations, and daily I get to see that there’s so much more to experience. Thorough ActionCOACH, I’ve connected with some incredible minds, and some huge hearts. […]
Barb Kyes: It’s really interesting when people ask me how I ever became a business coach, I never thought I’d be who I am today.I was born and raised in a small town called Ottumwa Pennsylvania, and early in my life I made some decisions that weren’t such great decisions. Through those challenges I’ve really […]
Every person should have the expectation of a safe workplace. This doesn’t just include occupational hazards, but also from the people you work with. In an ideal world employees don’t get bullied or harassed by their coworkers, but as many of you (unfortunately) know from experience, having rules in place to stop that behavior doesn’t […]
Hi I’m Brad Sugars, Chairman and CEO at ActionCOACH. The team asked me to make a quick video because a lot of people don’t understand franchising, and I recommend franchising highly. When I recommend franchising, people ask me why do you recommend franchising. Well, if it’s your first business, 100% I would recommend franchising. In fact your […]
Today we’re learning about management vs leadership. I want to say that leadership is one of the biggest problems in business. Not because leadership is bad, but because there is a lack of management leading to the leadership. Let me explain that for you. Ultimately leadership is something that everyone is studying…they’ve read the books, […]
We often refer to the brain as having two hemispheres: the left, largely responsible for logic, and the right, predominately responsible for creativity. This description fits what we know to be the cortex or new brain; however, there is a third dimension, the hypo-thalamus or pre-historic brain, which is in fact the brain stem and […]
Some business owners scoff when I suggest it’s possible to double one’s customer base in a single month, but I honestly believe it’s because most set their expectations too low. For some reason, people seem to only expect growth in line or slightly about the rate of inflation, so they believe they can get a […]
Horrible bosses are one of the many reasons that make you want to open your own business. So you got up from the right side of the bed one morning and you decided to work for yourself? There are three possibilities to mull over. Should you start a business from scratch, or buy a business […]
My experience tells me that a very small percentage of company presidents, managers and supervisors truly inspire their staff. They might build solid teams, set clear expectations and reach most of their goals, but they fail to inspire their people to reach and become better. But if you’re building effective teams and getting adequate results, […]
Beating the odds and achieving success is something that only the most hard working and determined individuals end up doing. There are examples of numerous entrepreneurs who faced tons of adversity and came out even stronger, with their stories later being taught in schools and colleges. They defied odds, preserved, held on to their dreams, […]
If you are an executive or owner of a business, you can probably count yourself amongst those who routinely run on minimal amounts of sleep – four to five hours a night is not uncommon. Margaret Thatcher was famous for only getting four hours of sleep a night during her years as a prime minister. […]
SWOT analyses tend to result in a two by two Johari window type document with strengths and weaknesses at the top and opportunities and threats at the bottom of the table. The benefit of doing these in this way is limited to being an audit exercise as no flow occurs from one element to the […]
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