Leadership Evolution. Robin Gagnon, co-founder of We Sell Restaurants franchise, and the chair of IFA’s Women’s Franchise Committee thinks it’s time to rethink leadership. In fact, this year’s theme for the WFC is: Leadership Evolution. Robin believes leadership requires agility and humility and is becoming increasingly more focused on engagement, collaboration and empowerment. Just[…]
Let’s talk about what happens at the intersection of passion and profit. And there is no one better to address this topic than Barbara Nuss, CPA and founder of Profit Soup, a financial learning and development company focused on franchising. Barb is a passionate advocate of small business and franchise models. She believes financial information[…]
Kim Gubera is one of the very few female CEOs in the global hydraulics industry, but she has successfully led PIRTEK USA to the third fastest-growing franchise based on unit percentage. Kim has worked with two family-owned franchise companies. She was with U.S. Lawns for 16 years and PIRTEK USA now for over 6 years. In this interview she talks[…]
Lauren Kruse’s husband was a car enthusiast and fell in love with the Tint World Franchise. He opened the Kennesaw, GA location in July 2021 and unexpectedly passed away in September 2021, leaving Lauren with a big decision. Should she close the store she drove by every day or attempt to take on the role[…]
Dr. Lauran Star talks diversity, equity and inclusion and how they differ. In brief: We are 98% similar as a human race. Thus, Dr. Star says the only real diversity is diversity of thought and to encourage diversity of thought a company needs to focus on an inclusive culture. Bottom line, when you remove inclusion[…]
Shana talks about how her love of Sociology and Communication has come together in her role as Chief Marketing Officer at Goldfish Swim School including how she builds team and together they execute on projects and goals. Without giving it away, part of the recipe for her success as a team builder includes Heart and[…]
Carey Gille, CEO and Co-founder of Franchise FastLane defines vision as ‘a clear and compelling picture of a preferred future’. To us it seemed a precise mathematical 1 + 1 equation to a successful future. One must have both: a clear mental picture of what we want along with the values, passion and emotion that[…]
Emmanuelle Hardy has been in the franchise industry for over 20 years and held many roles over the years including being a multi-unit franchise owner and working on the franchisor side. Originally from France, Emmanuelle came to the US as a student. After a few years in the work force and being let go from a High-Tech company she decided to venture[…]
Kay Miller talks personal branding and uncopiable sales skills on this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion and Purpose Collide. When it comes to sales, Kay is all about long-term relationships over one-time transactional deals. It’s this type of thinking that earned Kay the nickname ‘Muffler Mama’ after she was named Sales Person[…]
In her early days in the medical field, Angela Olea worked for a nurse registry. In doing so she was exposed to many different hospitals, nursing homes and situations. Such vast experiences put her on the fast track for learning. It exposed her to environments where she questioned methodologies and outcomes. One of the biggest[…]
Meet Lisa (Oak) the ‘Woman Behind the Curtain’ and Chief Development Officer with BIGGBY COFFEE. In this interview, Lisa Oak shares her beliefs about leadership and how we tend to ignore the ‘unsung heroes’ who are behind the scenes supporting those out front. Not everyone, according to Lisa, is wired to be a leader in[…]
Rick Porter, president of Cinch I.T. Franchise loves fierce competition and facing overwhelming challenges. In fact, he thrives when pushed to the limit mentally and physically. Rick went from serving as an Army Ranger to building a successful managed IT services business targeted to small and medium sized business. In this episode of The Franchise[…]