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Many CEOs Struggle With ADD Symptoms mendation was for each franchisee to share with the others what they are doing to make work fun. Call it another best management practice or BMP.Many CEOs and other business people with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD) often struggle with difficulties around: Focus Organization Follow-through Distractibility Need for high stimulation Low It is easy to forget about having fun, but with a little effort and ideas from your fellow teammates, each owner can adapt some ideas to make work fun. This would help to eliminate burnout and employee dis-satisfaction, making it easier to keep people around. Think Inside Sales Tips - Voicemail - The 5 Golden Rules One problem our company noticed is that we totally over marketed our areas. That with the combination that we were fierce as hell in the market place and we were such an evolved business model that wherever we went people loved us. Literally young women would ask out our Car Wash Guys.I remember a time -- and it doesn't seem like that long ago -- when voicemail was all the rage. There was no e-mail, so people tended to honor and even return voicemail messages. It was a good time...But that's history now. E-mail has changed everything, a Our company in the business of washing cars at office buildings got to be so popular you would swear we were related in some way to Howard Schultz’s Starbucks. Unforunately success at this level comes at a price, for us it was; Franchisee Burn Out; too much business. In fact several of our regional directors identified this as our company’s major weakness, listen to this email I received in October of 1999, when I asked about potential weaknesses in our franchise system, at the time in 20-states and growing fast: “A potential weakness I have heard in some of my phone conversations is burnout. Employees getting tired of doing a specific redundant task. It seems to me that one way to avoid this is cross training employees and setting up a business mix that is varied.” This idea of course accomplishes a number of things. First, it positions The Car Wash Guys in more locations in each market making it more visible and the obvious supplier of choice for any mobile cleaning service. It keeps variety in the job so that employees and the owners don't get bored. New locations everyday, different services, contact with a variety of customers, everyday brings something new to look forward to. So, if you have a bad day washing dealer cars or whatever, tomorrow will be different and can recharge your battery before you go back to the lot. Another recommendation was for each franchisee to share with the others what they are doing to make work fun. Call it another best management practice or BMP. It is easy to forget about having fun, but with a little effort and ideas from your fellow teammates, each owner can adapt some ideas to make work fun. 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It seems to me that one way to avoid this is cross training employees and setting up a business mix that is varied.” This idea of course accomplishes a number of things. First, it positions The Car Wash Guys in more locations in each market making it more visible and the obvious supplier of choice for any mobile cleaning service. It keeps variety in the job so that employees and the owners don't get bored. New locations everyday, different services, contact with a variety of customers, everyday brings something new to look forward to. So, if you have a bad day washing dealer cars or whatever, tomorrow will be different and can recharge your battery before you go back to the lot. Another recommendation was for each franchisee to share with the others what they are doing to make work fun. Call it another best management practice or BMP. It is easy to forget about having fun, but with a little effort and ideas from your fellow teammates, each owner can adapt some ideas to make work fun. 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Think Rain Checks and Rain Dates for Car Wash Fundraisers mendation was for each franchisee to share with the others what they are doing to make work fun. Call it another best management practice or BMP.If you are considering a car wash fundraiser for your nonprofit soccer team, baseball team, cheerleading squad, high school band or church youth group then you need to plan ahead and consider the possibility that you will be rained out. Everyone wants to do a ca It is easy to forget about having fun, but with a little effort and ideas from your fellow teammates, each owner can adapt some ideas to make work fun. This would help to eliminate burnout and employee dis-satisfaction, making it easier to keep people around. Think on this in 2006.
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