Networking or Not Working?

Networking is not new. It is, however, an increasingly cited phenomenon within business circles. Networking using the traditional face-to-face method and more particularly utilising the ever increasing and powerful internet and web-based tools is clearly on the up. A networking definition I found this definition of networking in an attempt to encapture all the inherent [...]

Effective Business Communication

Effective communication with staff is an essential component of a successful business. Done well it helps a business thrive, done badly it’s guaranteed to cause problems. We all communicate hundreds of times a day in a myriad of ways. So if communication is so intrinsic to our nature, why is it that some business people [...]

Franchise/licence/distributor? (part 2/3)

How does it Work? In a basic franchising arrangement the franchiser has developed methodologies and practices for conducting business. The system, on the whole, has been found to be successful but there is no guarantee of the “level” of individual franchisee success! The franchiser, wishing to emulate the success of the original business system, usually [...]