Franchisor annual meetings, more often, are being pitched as “the ‘blockbuster’ meeting of the year” by many franchisors and, depending on the key goals of the meeting, that may be the right emphasis. That is, provided the franchisor’s and franchisees’ needs are being met.
Attracting great people to your franchise is one thing. But keeping them is another. Offering employee benefits can help a franchise owner achieve both.
Properly designed systems and processes can help ensure compliance and provide guidance for navigating problematic compliance issues that frequently arise.
Franchisors and franchisees face accelerated, complex, sophisticated cyberattacks resulting in rapidly expanding impacts. A cyberbreach is a business crisis problem, not an IT problem.
Franchisors should pay close attention to their franchisees’ maturation. Data shows more than half currently have average tenures of about seven years and may be facing mid-life crises. In lifecycle terms, business years are like animal years, where one year is equivalent to several human years.
New rules create a multitude of workplace and compliance challenges. The U.S. Labor Department, together with the White House, announced long-awaited and much anticipated final changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime rules
In its continuing efforts to promote and protect the franchise model, IFA is launching a Congressional Franchise Caucus during the 2016 Franchise Action Network (FAN) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Congressional caucuses are formed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate to educate the public, thought leaders, and other members of Congress on various issues.
You, the tireless, hardworking franchise owners of this nation, are needed to step forward and tell your story to lawmakers. Don’t wait, do it now. It all starts with a “yes.”
If the strength of a company lies in its people, then employing from a group that has a 99 percent satisfaction rate is the easiest way to guarantee your company’s success.
IFA President and CEO Robert Cresanti, CFE, recently kicked off the @OurFranchise Campaign by launching a nationwide tour starting in franchising hub Denver, Colo. The road show will share the stories of how local franchise business owners and their employees are supporting communities while creating jobs and business ownership opportunities. As the common phrase goes, with a franchise, you “go into business for yourself, but not by yourself.” And each year, millions of Americans start businesses, find jobs and gain important vocational skills through this unique way of doing business.