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Aid That Franchisors Provide to Franchisees
A review of what type of aid franchisors can offer their franchisees, including training, financial assistance, support, location selection and advertising.

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Speed Kills - The service standard that does more harm than good
As a business owner or manager, you have probably heard management experts refer to the importance of service standards for frontline employees. The idea is that managers should give customer-contact people a performance goal or service standard by which they can be measured and rewarded. Sounds good in theory. Unfortunately, over my years as a consultant and business advisor, and as a customer myself, I find that some service standards are not only ineffective, they are actually counterproductive. I wonder if this may be the case in your organization...
Reviewing The Perfomance Management Effectiveness
How can we make sure that the performance management process we have designed has yielded the outcomes that we planned? Obviously, we cannot sit back and relax assuming it had before we check some parameters and standards.
Recruitment Standards You Must Have To Build Your Business
Recruitment standards are a critical component of assembling a strong management team to fit your company's needs. Maintaining recruitment standards ensures you are getting qualified people, who fit well into the mechanics of your business. Why is this important and anyway, what can you do about it? Read on...
Redefinition of Leadership
Ever wonder what strategies work to have successful leadership within an organization? As times continue to change, so do the tried and true standards. Business standards are evolving to keep up with the influx of the new standards of life in the 21st century. This article will help your organization stay ahead of the learning curve and not be left behind.

HAVE HIGH STANDARDS FOR YOURSELF
Standards are the behaviors you hold yourself to (as opposed to boundaries which are the behaviors you hold others to. Standards aren't what you think you "should" do or what you think other people want or expect you to do. Rather, standards are behaviors that you commit to because they will help you be your best.
Create a ‘No Excuses’ Sales Environment
What is your company’s sales culture or environment? Can that question be answered quickly and articulated consistently across your organization? The foundation for creating a clearly defined sales environment begins with the leadership - how they set sales standards and then demonstrate, communicate and inspect accountability to those standards. What sales standards do you set and communicate? Are they extraordinary? If we followed you around for 30 days, what would we observe about your actions and interactions with your team?
Keeping your Non-profit Ethical
One would expect a non-profit organization to maintain higher ethical standards than any of the for-profit business organizations. However, the unfortunate fact is that ethical standards of non-profit organizations in general are on the decline, and not much better than those of the for-profit enterprises. A recent report by the Ethics Resource Center says that the decline in ethical standards of the employees at non-profits is at its lowest level in the last 10 years.
So do we really have control over customer service?
Gary discusses standards set by management and staff within a company. How they might currently be set, how they could be set, what types of measures, control or standards are important or might be important in a company.
Advantages of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Integrated Management System
Environment, health safety management system consist of integrated ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. The EHSMS is central to strategy for developing a safe and environmentally sustainable business. HSE guidelines provide a comprehensive model for environment, health and safety management systems that can make any company competitive.
The Fountainhead Entrepreneur
The classical novel The Fountainhead has many deep dialogues - one in particular takes stabs at the idea of following established "standards" in art. Entrepreneurs should be critical thinkers who challenge the standards and skirt the bounds of creativity. Here is a great lesson from the Fountainhead.
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