The Journey Upwards: Navigating the Struggles of Becoming a Leader
Leaders are people too. They have the same struggles and hardships that everyone else faces, so what is it that sets them apart with the title “leader”. And how do they work to live up to that name so it’s not just a title. Todays beauty workforce is looking for a salon where they can […]
The Salon Leaders Story
Sharing the story behind a salon leader can be a compelling way to connect with your employees and potential talent. As leaders it’s easy to convince ourselves that our story isn’t interesting, or compelling, or maybe even worthy of telling. But i’m here to tell you that todays salon talent cares a lot about you- […]
Making Feedback Less Scary
Feedback can quickly sound like a buzzword for salon businesses and land in our “we’ll do that later category.” The desire to do it later is often rooted in how uncomfortable it makes us to give feedback to our teams. Most salon owners have had the experience of giving feedback to someone where it didn’t […]
The Biggest Buzzword for Salons is Recruiting
The buzzword of 2023 for salons has been “salon recruiting”. The recruiting challenge has been faced by salons big and small and across the entire United States. It seems like no one is exempt from this. However, it is a disservice to consider a recruiting plan without considering your retention strategy as well. At Talent […]
The Bad News About Salons Using Social Media: Salons Aren’t Maximizing It’s Potential
Hiring has changed for every single industry and it can really be narrowed down to two primary reasons. To be successful at hiring if you own a salon today you have to be using social media as your primary tool for recruiting. This is where your workforce is, and it is setup in a way […]
Leadership Can’t Take Last Place
Many salons get their start when a stylist decides that they want to open a salon. The beautiful part of this is that you have a business owner who understands the needs of their team because they are also a hairdresser. The hard part about this is that when the hairdresser turned salon owner tries […]
Prioritize THIS Next Year…
I am proposing that you make your upcoming year the year of investing in yourself as a leader. Attend events, read books, hire a coach, help your leaders get better at feedback, show more appreciation and gratitude. Seriously take on everything you can when it comes to being a stronger leader inside of your salon. […]
Growth
If you start to go down the rabbit hole of thoughts around what you think your team wants from you as a salon owner you’ll find yourself feeling pretty overwhelmed quickly. Our teams want all kinds of things from us that on a good day might make us laugh a bit and on a tough […]
Solve Your Brand Awareness Problem And Start Hiring
The pains of building a team in the professional beauty industry are not new, they are just different today. The top two challenges I hear from salon owners are The exciting thing about these two problems is that they have the same solution. That means that you can put your energy towards one thing and […]
It’s All About Flexibility
Flexibility is quickly becoming a buzzword. Or for some salon leaders, it’s a word that just makes you cringe. It can be overwhelming to imagine how we could possibly be any more flexible than you are right now. For other salon leaders, you have leaned all in on flexibility and feel great about it. Why […]
