Franchisors Use the 5Ks to Keep their Franchise Business Successful

The franchise business world is constantly changing as new opportunities are released every month to an already stretched market place. By utilising the 5Ks of being a successful franchisor it is possible to keep ahead of the competition.

The Franchise Restaurant Business - Ups and Downs

It's really not hard to figure out which franchises are the most successful. You see them advertised on television and on billboards, hear them advertised on the radio, and cannot drive through a shopping center anywhere in the US without passing one or more of them.

Franchise Information - Understanding Franchise Agreements

The franchise agreement outlines the way your business will work within your franchise system. It gives both you, the franchisee, and your franchisor a clear understanding of the terms of your business relationship.

Franchise Business Opportunities - What is the Role of a Franchise Broker?

If you are interested in buying a franchise business, it may behoove you to do so through a franchise broker. You should also consider utilizing the advice of a professional franchise consultant.

Top 10 Principles for Positive Business Ethics

This morning, I read about a company using on-line auctions to defraud customers. Last week, I consulted on an ethics complaint where a business coach betrayed a client’s confidentiality. And, recently a Physician was convicted of insider trading based on information from a patient, a violation of both business ethics and her professional ethics.

Ethics? How To Take the Measure Business

When asked to write a small piece pertaining to ethics and integrity in the business world, my first inclination was to draw on personal experience. Everyone has bad experiences to relate. We deal...

Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Diversity And Success, In The Workplace

Research shows that an organization can create a success-oriented, cooperative and caring work environment that draws intellectual strength and produces innovative solutions from the synergy of its people. However, a diverse workforce means that the managers within your organization must be capable of capitalizing on the mixture of genders, cultural backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles present in your staff to respond to business opportunities more rapidly and creatively. This article illustrates how one manager recognized and used a diverse team to achieve the best possible work product for the company, and win new business as well.

Are You Selling Out Your Integrity?

Are you compromising your most important asset, your Integrity? Is the gruelling pace to try and survive causing you to prostitute yourself in ways that make you feel sick to your stomach? There is another way! Read on.

The Only Thing You Get for Free in Life is Hungry!

Business Ethics has virtually become an oxymoron online. Promises of instant wealth and overnight success permeates the World Wide Web. There are a few ways to tell the difference between a real business opportunity and a scam designed to seperate you from your hard earned money.

Selling Truth as a Differentiator

It’s become vital to the success of insurance and financial advisors that they differentiate themselves with their exemplary ethics, that they operate by a higher moral code and that they communicate that higher standard to their clients. Why? Because research proves that ethics builds trust, and trust sells — in the long-term and - in the short-term, as well.

Vice of Buggery at FTC

At the Federal Trade Commission we have seen attorneys who suffer from the vice of buggery get promoted to higher and more important international divisions. Now then, are these attorneys who have personal sexual problems and are breaking the laws of sodomy not wanted in the main group of Federal Trade Commission Employees?

Communicable Corporate Diseases Hurting Business Sexcess!

Enron Executive goes to prison for 10 years, Martha Stewart is under house arrest, and Bill Clinton averages $150,000 per speaking engagement. It all comes down to decisions on the fly, no pun intended.

Conflict: Not Necessarily a Bad Thing

Conflict is usually avoided at all cost. In sales, we teach win-win for both vendor and customer. Perhaps though, a little conflict IS a good thing, to get to the bottom line... quickly.

India's Power Troubles And Enron

How India's government and power problems lead to Enron's involvement to create a sustained power supply.

Are Your Business Ethics a Quart Low?

What are business ethics? What is your ethical responsibility?