Blurred Lines of Employee Management in a Franchise Relationship

"While most measure success purely in terms of financial gain, I measure business success on a balance of work and life. The happier I am in and outside of work, the higher the success rate I feel I have achieved. It’s also important for me to share the pathway to that balance with other members of my organization so that they can experience it and help my business grow." - Jason Leverant, president & COO, AtWork Group This week on Franchise Today, co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto welcome as their guest, Jason Leverant, president and Chief Operating Officer of Atwork Group, a leading U.S. staffing firm. Leverant discusses cutting-edge solutions and initiatives needed to comabt the strategic issues facing the staffing industry including temporary staffing sector. In addition, he shares his perspective on the joint employer rulings and what the franchise industry can learn from the staffing industry where responsibility for franchisees' employees has been a blurred line between franchisee and franchisor.  Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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STAR Talent as Investors... Not Assets

“Your people make all the difference. The only thing your competitors can’t copy is your culture and your people.” - Mel Kleiman, Founder of Humetrics This week on Franchise Today co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto welcome as their guest, Mel Kleiman. Kleiman is an internationally recognized expert, author and speaker in the area of recruitment, selection, retention and engagement of frontline STAR employees and the people who manage them. Having worked with over 50 franchise organizations, helping them do a better job managing their most importat investors, the people who work for them, Kleiman shares his perspective of his unique classification of employees as investors, not assets. This week's discussion also targets various issues facing franchisors and all businesses alike as they pertain to increase minimum wage and overtime - and specifically for franchisors the NLRB ruling on joint employer relationships.  Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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Taking the Plunge: Safety First

“This application is truly revolutionary for our industry. You see apps like this with restaurants and retail locations but it’s revolutionary for a swim program to be embracing technology like this to make the lives of the parents easier. We want to make our program as seamless as possible for parents so that they continue to come and teach their children how to survive in the event of a water emergency.” -  Rita Goldberg, CEO & Founder of British Swim School. This week on Franchise Today, co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto are joined by British Swim School CEO & Founder, Rita Goldberg. A once a national swimmer in Britain, but after a career ending injury, Goldberg traded in her Olympic dreams for a career in franchising. In 1981, She shares how she opened her own private swim school in the basement of her home in Manchester, England. Then, with $3,000 to her name, Goldberg soon made her way to the United States to expand her business through franchising. Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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Taking the Plunge: Safety First

“This application is truly revolutionary for our industry. You see apps like this with restaurants and retail locations but it’s revolutionary for a swim program to be embracing technology like this to make the lives of the parents easier. We want to make our program as seamless as possible for parents so that they continue to come and teach their children how to survive in the event of a water emergency.” -  Rita Goldberg, CEO & Founder of British Swim School. This week on Franchise Today, co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto are joined by British Swim School CEO & Founder, Rita Goldberg. A once a national swimmer in Britain, but after a career ending injury, Goldberg traded in her Olympic dreams for a career in franchising. In 1981, She shares how she opened her own private swim school in the basement of her home in Manchester, England. Then, with $3,000 to her name, Goldberg soon made her way to the United States to expand her business through franchising. Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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Taking the Plunge: Safety First

“This application is truly revolutionary for our industry. You see apps like this with restaurants and retail locations but it’s revolutionary for a swim program to be embracing technology like this to make the lives of the parents easier. We want to make our program as seamless as possible for parents so that they continue to come and teach their children how to survive in the event of a water emergency.” -  Rita Goldberg, CEO & Founder of British Swim School. This week on Franchise Today, co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto are joined by British Swim School CEO & Founder, Rita Goldberg. A once a national swimmer in Britain, but after a career ending injury, Goldberg traded in her Olympic dreams for a career in franchising. In 1981, She shares how she opened her own private swim school in the basement of her home in Manchester, England. Then, with $3,000 to her name, Goldberg soon made her way to the United States to expand her business through franchising. Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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Taking the Plunge: Safety First

“This application is truly revolutionary for our industry. You see apps like this with restaurants and retail locations but it’s revolutionary for a swim program to be embracing technology like this to make the lives of the parents easier. We want to make our program as seamless as possible for parents so that they continue to come and teach their children how to survive in the event of a water emergency.” -  Rita Goldberg, CEO & Founder of British Swim School. This week on Franchise Today, co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto are joined by British Swim School CEO & Founder, Rita Goldberg. A once a national swimmer in Britain, but after a career ending injury, Goldberg traded in her Olympic dreams for a career in franchising. In 1981, She shares how she opened her own private swim school in the basement of her home in Manchester, England. Then, with $3,000 to her name, Goldberg soon made her way to the United States to expand her business through franchising. Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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Why Not You?

"Why Not You?" - Andrea Scott, co-founder & CEO, skoah (the three words she would tell her 15-year old self) Joining Franchise Today co-hosts, Paul Segreto and Stan Friedman this week is Andrea Scott, co-founder & CEO of skoah, a brand specializing in personal training for your skin. Scott discusses how skoah is a first-to-market concept offering facials by a team of skin care trainers ho place an emphasis on client education and quality care. Skoah is also the first facial-only studio to offer an original line of products. The discussion also focuses on Scott's entrepreneurial spirit. Ever since she was a young girl, Scott has always been very entrepreneurial. Whether it be selling lemonade or selling her mother’s jewelry, which her mom ended up having to go and get back from her neighbors, Scott has always considered herself to be relatively entrepreneurial and resourceful. Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes, and is sponsored by FRM Solutions and Franchise Foundry.

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