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Business Consultant - Choosing the Right One
What is a business consultant, why would you need to hire one? and how can you choose the one that’s right for your business?These are important business questions and we can lead you through this commercial mine field without becoming a victim and getting a business co

pscale French restaurant in Denver,” reads USATODAY (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-04-14-ceos-waiter-rule_x.

Throwing Away the Throw-Away Culture
From the middle of last century until today we have become the "throw away society". Buzz words like "disposable" and "one-use" have been commonplace. Where we used to "make do and mend" in the war years we now simply replace items that are no longer functioning or are no longe

Exceptions to the rule...(these) are in fact emphasising the same rule. But what about the exceptions themselves?

Exceptions and incidents require more than a common response. When business is "as usual," it is normally not difficult to manage. But now the exception. That is when you can make a difference. That is where you can show who you are, and what the value is of your approach.

The anecdote published recently in USATODAY serves as a fine example.

“Office Depot CEO Steve Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an upscale French restaurant in Denver,” reads USATODAY (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-04-14-ceos-waiter-rule_x.h

Multi-Brand Franchises in the QSR Sector
Well not everyone is aware that McDonalds also owns several other bands such as Boston Markets; 650 stores in 23 states, Chipotle Mexican Grill; 230 stores in 10 states, Donato's Pizza 200 stores in 10 states, Pret a Manager 140 stores in 4 countries, Fazoli's 400 units in 32 s

dents require more than a common response. When business is "as usual," it is normally not difficult to manage. But now the exception. That is when you can make a difference. That is where you can show who you are, and what the value is of your approach.

The anecdote published recently in USATODAY serves as a fine example.

Are You Ready to Move Up Market?
Are you working with the same level of client you were a year ago? How about the same type of client as two years ago? If the answer is "yes" then it's time to look at moving "up-market."Moving up-market means you either offer more comprehensive (read, more expensive)

is when you can make a difference. That is where you can show who you are, and what the value is of your approach.

The anecdote published recently in USATODAY serves as a fine example.

Entrepreneurship - Do You Have What It Takes?
Fully one in ten adults in the United States today is an entrepreneur. This phenomenon is by no means restricted to North America. The leading country for entrepreneurship is Brazil with one in eight adults an entrepreneur. Australia is not far behind the U.S. with one in

shed recently in USATODAY serves as a fine example.

My Franchise Experience
Maybe I was not lucky or associated myself with the wrong franchise. I had been self employed writing my own paychecks for a very long time. Some years I did better than others, but for the most part life evened out. I had a nice home, two paid cars, vacations, money in the ban

pscale French restaurant in Denver,” reads USATODAY (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-04-14-ceos-waiter-rule_x.htm). It is a story about the CEO in his earlier days working in a restaurant and the incident where he tumbled a sorbet “onto the expensive white gown of an obviously rich and important woman.”

Thirty years later “Odland can't get the stain out of his mind, nor the woman's kind reaction. She was startled, regained composure and, in a reassuring voice, told the teenage Odland, "It's OK. It wasn't your fault." When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way

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