How do you get the perfect franchisee ?

All businesses rely on quality staff who are engaged and motivated. Getting recruitment decisions right can make a massive difference to the bottom line. This is especially true for franchise businesses. Research by Zolfagharian and Naderi published last year focused on the specific HR challenges faced by franchise businesses, where the business structure can create “even more substantial challenges in devising and implementing their HR policies and practices.

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Bill Stock
Contemplating the dark art of working effectively from home.

Contemplating all the things that work when you are working from home ... I've been working mostly from a home base for at least the last 10 years... here's a list of things to think about in no particular order;

1) Get a decent screen, key board and mouse and put them on a table that is the right height. You might think you can work on a laptop for days on end but eventually your back and neck muscles will tell you otherwise...don’t work on the kitchen table if people will want to eat lunch off it …..

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