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Is Your Salon Business Down This Month? Here’s 5 Things I’m Doing About It

Been hit with a quiet month? Let’s fix that. We’ve all had those months. Clients ghost, rebooks slow down, and the energy dips. But with the right action plan, you can flip it fast. Here are 5 things I recommend to my coaching clients and use myself when things go quiet. 1. Reach Out to […]

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10 Mistakes Salon Owners are Making Training Their New Stylists

1. OWNERS SHOULD NOT BE TRAINING THE ASSOCIATES As the leader of the salon, you owe it to yourself and your staff to get someone else in place as the education manager. Many salon owners say they can’t afford to have anyone else do the training. I say you CAN afford it.  Let me walk

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How to Tell a New Stylist They Didn’t Make It Past the Probationary Period

An interesting question came up recently:  ‘I hired a stylist, they were on probation, and it’s not working out. How do I take the sting out of not hiring them?’.  Here are my tips. First off, I don’t think it’s ever something that everybody looks forward to. No owner or leader gets up in the

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Building Trust and Motivation: Effective Salon Team Training Strategies

As many of you know, when you apply to join the Salon Team Training group on Facebook, one question we ask is “What is it that you want to get out of it?” and one response that we get quite a bit is — “How do I get my associates excited about training?” Now, let’s

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7 Steps to Create a Successful Salon Hair Stylist Training System

7 Steps to creating a successful Salon Hair Stylist Training System.
1. Educate
2. Evaluate
3. Program
4. Personalize
5. Assess
6. Graduate
7. Advance

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4 Pillars of Salon Culture: Building a Team that Lasts

Have you ever hired a talented stylist who turned out to be not the right fit for your salon? It happens to the best of us. But what if there was a way to build a salon culture that attracts and retains top talent, creating a team that thrives together? The answer lies in the

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How do you keep your stylists from feeling left out?

This is a question someone recently asked in the Salon Team Training Facebook group: How do you keep senior stylists from feeling left out when the associates are getting all the attention during training? Well, the first thing that I would say is to get them involved! The trick is to include them from the

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