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Middle Managers’ Engagement Key to Company Success
It’s a bad day at the office when a company’s founders realize they hate the firm they started and want to quit. It’s even worse when their middle managers not only agree but openly question their bosses’ vision and goals.
This was the grim situation at Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services Inc. that convinced John DeHart and Ken Sim that they had two choices: to sell the firm they had worked so hard to build or to transform it completely.
Economic optimism grows, but risks remain
December 14, 2011
By Paul Davidson
Nurse Next Door, a Canadian home health care provider, is fielding 100 inquiries a month from prospective franchisees in the USA, up from 20 last spring. Continue reading
Nurse Next Door Signs First US Franchise Locations
Senior home care franchise set to open in Oregon and Colorado
Nurse Next Door Home Care Services, one of North America’s fastest growing franchise systems, took a major step forward in its aggressive US expansion plan. The leading senior home care franchise system in Canada announced the signing of its first two US franchise locations in Medford, Oregon and Fort Collins, Colorado. Continue reading
Southwest Airlines Rule # 27: See Your Business As a Cause
In Southwest Airlines Rule # 16: A Culture Has its Own Language, we looked at how great cultures brand their own language to help bring out their uniqueness. In Southwest Airlines Rule #15: Invent Your Own Culture and Put a Top Person in Charge of It, we looked at how great companies design their own cultures from the ground up so they become unique. So today we visit Southwest Airlines Rule # 27: See Your Business As a Cause. Continue reading
Franchise Uses Web to Defend Its Name
Why invest in a lawsuit to defend your business when you can use social media for free? Continue reading
No place like home
An aging population is creating a wealth of business opportunities for home health-care franchise operators Continue reading
Master of One
It’s said that great companies focus on doing just one thing really well. Let these red-hot firms show you how to be a master in five key disciplines that produce big results.