We’re coming upon the end of the year. We know that trying to fit everything in before holiday vacation can seem like a whirlwind. When you’re in that kind of time crunch, it’s easy for budgeting to fall lower on the priority list. It’s easy to overlook how vital a recruitment budget is because budget maintenance isn’t appealing. So much creativity and innovation go into franchise development; budget planning can easily be pushed aside amid everything else.

Whether we know it or not, our lives are often governed by process. Many of the processes we follow feel innate because we acquire them over time, much like we acquire our native language. And just like language, the processes we follow are key to many of our successes, big and small.