Posts

Showing posts from May, 2011

What is the James Home Services Promise? | James Home Services Master Franchises True Stories

Image
What is the James Home Services Promise? | James Home Services Master Franchises True Stories This is just real people running real businesses, giving all they have to deliver "Gold Medal Service" So inspiring!. Free Enterprise is awesome!

What is the James Trick?

Image
What is the Trick to Success in Franchising ? What is the magic ingredient that makes a franchise succeed? Well this might surprise you ,but the "magic trick is the same for Franchisee,Master Franchisee or Franchisor. What is the secret ingredient? Systems! I have a lot of people think that franchising is a get rich quick programme. Like any business you have to invest to reap a return. Franchisor's have to invest in building,developing and documenting systems. Master Franchisees and Franchisee have to invest in implementing the systems. If you don't have systems ,you only have ideas. You can turn your ideas into systems. But there is a long a painful process to test,measure and the actually document those procedures. Master Franchisee must have the discipline to stick the systems Success in franchising takes discipline. Franchisee & Master Franchisees must have the  discipline to stick to the systems Franchisors must have   the  discipline to

What a Great Coaching Question! # 2 How do I build the business that I want?

Image
# 2 How do I build the business that I want?   What another great question from the coaching roadshow. As most business people rarely stop and think of what their final business will look like. The decision on your final destination has to be the first step. I have seen people that appear to be  reasonably intelligent. Trained experienced professionals with Uni degrees, even! They put months into putting their business plans together. Do their homework throughly ,talk to all the professional "advisers'. Ring experienced franchisees,get their tips. Invest their money,  then they start their business. THEN, THEY DO NOTHING THAT ACTUALLY GROWS THEIR BUSINESS! With some self delusion that businesses just grow out of thin air.as if it is just going to appear like a Rabbit out of a magicians hat. The final destination was to be clear.Our why we all get up in the morning and go to work is the driver to work forward every day. It is as vital as the plan to build a hous

What a Great Coaching Question! #The Negative Thing

Image
The Negative Thing   One of the guys asked an interesting question about my early days. How did I handle the “ Negative Thing ”? When I asked what did he mean by that? He expanded. You know? When you’ve had a bad day and you don’t get the results, you can get disheartened. And then there are other people who seem to want you to fail.  Sometimes its other franchisees, or just people you know, or even family. They seem excited when they think you might fail. ”Told you so!”  Sort of thing! I asked him first - What did he do? He said “When I get negative, I then do nothing.  I just worry about it.” He said, “I know it doesn’t work”. This is the network about 1994, I think.Don't we look dapper? What did I do! And still do for that matter. Firstly, I always do something ! I really don’t just sit around and worry. Playing a   positive game always beats the negative players. If you keep going forward, working on the solutions, you will always win! Every time Guaranteed!