February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
DRIVING GROWTH in CHALLENGING TIMES
Coaching Franchisees to a Better Performance
Cynthia Gartman President
Margaret Haynes Senior Vice President of Support
Fiona F. Middleton, MSM President & CEO
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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How Do You: • Capitalize on franchisee’s instinctive talents? • Develop their confidence? • Use their innate abilities to run their business?
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Increase Results with a “Coaching” Approach Based on Style
• What is coaching? • Helping franchisees realize reality while
holding on to their dignity • Customize your own style • Helping your support staff customize their
style
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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How Communication Works
Sender Receiver
Encoding . . . Decoding . . .
Medium
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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How Communication Works
Sender Receiver
Decoder
Encoder
Medium
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Communication Breakdown
Sender Receiver
Encoding . . . Hmmm. What
should I make for dinner?
Medium
Noise
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Dueling Monologues
Sender Receiver
The square of the hypotenuse is equal to
the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
I don’t get it. Maybe if I agree, she’ll stop
talking.
OK, if she gets it, why doesn’t she just do it?
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Framing Communications • Group Coaching:
– Vary delivery methods – Vary activities – Include slides and handouts
• Individual Coaching – Adjust to your style to
resonate with theirs
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Framing Communications
• Choose the best medium • Eliminate distractions • Modify your style • Use care with words and tone • Include visuals • Ask them to feed it back
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Learning Styles
• Pedagogy: the method and practice of teaching.
• Androgogy: the art and science of adult learning
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Adult Learning
• Life-centered • Task centered • Problem centered • Must have meaning
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Key Principles of Adult Learning
• Adults need control over learning, which should be goal-based and self-directed.
• Experiences must be valued. • Focus on practical vs. theoretical applications. • Train to solve problems, not pass a test. • Adult learners are internally motivated. They
want to learn.
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Adult Learning Styles
• Visual Learners (30-40%) • Auditory Learners (20-30%) • Kinesthetic Learners (30-50%) • Styles
– 78% learn using a blend of styles – 22% can only learn in their dominant style
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Visual Learners
• Generally quiet during class • Prefer to take notes • Think in pictures, not words • May use pictorial language • Adept at seeing patterns and connections
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Reaching Visual Learners
Use carefully sequenced presentations with: • Tables, charts and graphs • Pictures and video • Power Point presentations • Mind maps • Demonstrations
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Auditory Learners
• Learn by hearing, seeing and saying words. • Use words that refer to sounds • Good listeners who rely on their ability to
listen and remember • May not look at the facilitator or take notes • Tend to be talkative in a classroom situation • Distracted by noise
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Reaching Auditory Learners
• Reduce distractions • Encourage discussions, debates and q&a • Use of mnemonic devices to help them
remember • Tell stories • Provide handouts
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Kinesthetic Learners
• Learn by direct involvement in the activity. • Need hands-on training • Inattentive and fidgety during lectures • Appear to have a haphazard or random
approach to learning • Use words involving senses • Remember when they do
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Reaching Kinesthetic Learners
• Use experiential activities like: – Games – Role-plays – Group exercises
• Incorporate hands-on practice • Follow formal coaching and
training with site visits
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Reaching All Learners
• Know your own style • Switch styles frequently to avoid boredom • Use scented markers, coffee and flowers • Track points of a flip chart or white board
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Use ESP
• EXPLAIN it in words • SHOW it on a screen with
graphs, pictures, tables and charts
• PRACTICE it with games, role plays and other activities
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Retention Rates
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Lecture Reading Audiovisuals Demonstration Discussion Doing Teaching
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Presenting to Adults
• Opportunities for participation • Provide time to ask questions • Show how information can be applied to a
problem
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Presenting to Adults
• Have an agenda • Facilitate learning; do not
lecture • Change activities every 20
minutes • Offer breaks • Reduce distractions
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Three Coaching Tools for Consideration
• Dialogue Works • DISC • Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Improving Dialogue – Practical Application
DialogueWORKS® - Collaborating for Results Program • Build a solid culture of respect and positive
relationships • Get people talking about what matters most www.dialogueworks.com
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Increase Communication Effectiveness
YOU
RESPECT RESULTS
RELATIONSHIP
CONVERSATION
DialogueWORKS® Effectiveness Model
CONVERSATION
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Conversation Direction
CHOICE
Resolution
Dissolution
Below the Line DEFENSE
Above the Line DISCOVERY
DISRESPECT Deny Defer
Criticize Justify Blame
RESPECT Ask
Listen Share Learn
Change
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Behaviors of Dialogue EXPRESS
RECOGNIZE &
SUSPEND
ASK
LISTEN &
ATTEND
DialogueWORKS®
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Fields of Dialogue
BUILD INITIATE
CONNECT DISCOVER
Listen &
Attend
Express
Recognize &
Suspend
Ask DialogueWORKS®
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Process of Perception
Mental Models
Observation
DialogueWORKS®
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Process of Perception
Mental Models
Mental Models
Interpretation
Observation Selection
DialogueWORKS®
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Process of Perception
Mental Models
Mental Models
Interpretation
Observation Selection Emotion
RESULTS
Action Reaction DialogueWORKS®
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Group Activity?
• Value • Exercise
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Forced Choice
You Must Pick One Side Or The Other
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Forced Choice
RUN
OR
WALK
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Forced Choice
SILLY
OR
SERIOUS
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Forced Choice
KIDS
OR
ADULTS
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Forced Choice
CAT
OR
DOG
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Forced Choice
LOVE
OR
MONEY
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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The DiSC Assessment Tool
• Measures natural tendencies and priorities • Learn natural style • Read other styles • Adapt style to improve communication • Coaching tool – not a hiring tool
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Measuring Behavior
• DiSC assessment measures four primary emotions and behavioral responses: – Dominance – Influence – Conscientiousness – Steadiness
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Everything DiSC Sales Outspoken and Fast-Paced
Cautious and Reflective
Questioning and Skeptical
Accepting and Warm
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Improve Relationships
Franchisors Sales Managers Employees Workplace
Franchisees Prospects Employees Colleagues Culture
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Working at Cross Purposes
Get to the point Why are you indecisive?
He seems friendly She suffers ‘analysis
paralysis’ Let’s get it done
I need to show confidence
She’s so impatient Why don’t you care? He seems flighty It is important to be accurate Let’s think it through I need to feel appreciated
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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DiSC and Coaching
• Know own strengths and challenges
• Know franchisees strengths and challenges
• Adapt style to improve communication
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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DiSC Test Drive
• Free SALES profile • Must complete in next 10 days • Opportunity to try before buy
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Improving Sales – Practical Application
Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance® • Understand 12 faces of sales call reluctance • Prescriptions used to counter reluctance • Improve coaching of Franchisees http://salescallreluctance.com
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Prospecting Motivation
Energy
Duration
Velocity
The Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance®
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Goal Achievement
SMART Goals Strategy Persistence
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Sales Call Reluctance
COPING
Achieving Goal
PROCESS
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Laser Focus Franchisee Conversations on Results
• Preplanned coaching sessions • Agenda – delivered in advance? • Catch them doing things right • Coach to success – with dignity • Follow up plan
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Hiring to Supplement the Franchisee’s Weaknesses
• Must discuss the benchmarks needed • Focus on franchisee’s strengths • What do they procrastinate on? • Fill in their procrastination “hole” with talent
from the outside • Coach the franchisee on how to supervise and
empower their hire – different than a line employee!
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Creating Effective Sales Styles • Develop confidence in franchisees to hit and
exceed their performance plan by capitalizing on their strengths and abilities
• Each franchisee meets coaching on their own terms – How do you encourage them to change? – Bite sized pieces
• Focusing on how they learn • Expanding their view – how to adopt your customer’s
viewpoint
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Drive Results with Accountability • Accountability exists when there is data to
point to • Franchisee buy-in to metrics • Use of the data – proactive use – use what
matters • Peer led metrics can be very effective
– Right At Home and Profit Mastery
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Media choice • Verbal
• Skype • Coaching Sessions • Webinars • Training Sessions
• Newsletters & Email • Policies & Procedures
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Course Correct by Communicating in Their Style.
• Building relationships and understanding styles to make the exchanges effective
• Coach franchisees to understand not only their style – but how their Coach’s style interplays with their own
• Training and coaching should be structured to appeal to all three styles (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic)
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Make Exchanges Effective
• Build Relationships! • Understand
– Communication and Learning Styles – Yours – Theirs
• Use the most appropriate tool for the situation
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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DiSC Test Drive
• Free SALES profile • Must complete in next 10 days • Opportunity to try before buy
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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Coaching Franchisees to a Better Performance
Cynthia Gartman [email protected]
Margaret Haynes Senior Vice President of Support
Fiona F. Middleton, MSM President & CEO
February 22-25, 2014 | New Orleans Convention Center/Hilton Riverside & Towers | New Orleans, LA
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