Know Your USP: Why Salon Suites Aren't Always 'Sweeter'
Whip Salons' Amy Pal helps you arm yourself with your salons' Unique Selling Propositions, so the next time a team member has a wandering eye for the greener grass of rental, you can convince them why they want to stay.
Strategies for Combatting Employee Burnout
Staffing shortages, absenteeism and pandemic-related stress are causing high levels of overwhelm and exhaustion among salon professionals. What can you do to help your team?
7 Tips for Team Retention During the Great Resignation
Beauty and wellness businesses today are faced with increasing competition, shortages of talented professionals, and other opportunities enticing team members elsewhere. Add to this the global “Great Resignation” which resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic mindset shift, which makes holding onto employees is a huge goal for businesses everywhere.
A 4-Day Work Week Forges Team Loyalty
One Louisiana salon sets a schedule that leaves team members with big chunks of nonworking time.
Managing Down Time in the Salon
According to Jesse Linares, any spare moment is an opportunity to learn. Share his tips with your team members during your next staff meeting, and add some suggestions of your own.
Owners Share Ideas for Celebrating Team Members
Never has it been more important to recognize your team members for their contributions, so SALON TODAY recently asked owners how they celebrated holidays, birthdays and work anniversaries, and they responded with some wonderfully creative ideas.
by Stacey Soble
How to Foster Creativity
Before Genein Letford takes the stage at Serious Business 2022, she chatted with SALON TODAY about how owners can help their team members shift their perspectives and open up their creativity.
by Stacey Soble
Gene Juarez Makes a Number of Policy Updates to Improve the Experience for Team and Guests
A number of policy tweaks help Gene Juarez Salons and Spas level the playing field and create a better experience for team members and guests. In addition, the company offers a first look at its new boutique salon design concept.
by Stacey Soble
Can We Talk?
If you're a salon owner, those dreaded words can signal a team member is about to quit. Eufora Business Trainer Erin Raber shares a checklist to make the most of this bad situation.
8 Ways to Keep the Salon Team Happy
Employee turnover is expensive. In a business where competition is stiff and profit hinges on excellent customer service, salon owners should consider this checklist for ways to create happier employees.
10 Things Vaccinated Stylists Still Can't Do
Inspired by a witty column in The New Yorker, we put our heads together with some salon owners and created a list of things that are still bad ideas for stylists, even if they are fully vaccinated.
by Stacey Soble
Why You Need a Mentor and Where to Find One
Almost every experienced professional has something to teach, but finding the best mentor is really up to you. Rosy Salon Software's Rachel D'Angelo shares her own mentorship journey, and encourages you to seek your own.
Strategies for Leading Your Team in 2021
The demands of today's workforce keep changing, which means owners need to get more sophisticated to retain team members. Stefanie Fox Jackson conducts a poll to see what beauty professionals want today, and sketches out a strategy to help you secure your team for years to come.
8 Ways to Create a Bright, Happy Salon
Check out the list of proven salon happiness enhancers to add to your motivational arsenal.
Why Schools Are the Key to Recruiting & Retaining Stylists
As part of SALON TODAY’s Burning Questions series, Jill Krahn with Salon Professional Education Company offers a strategic key to retaining stylists and their clients.
How to Keep Morale High & Cultivate a Committed Salon
In these emotionally heavy times, you want your team to feel like they’re thriving – not just surviving. Empowering You Consulting’s Amy Carter tackles the question of how to keep spirits high in your salon.
5 Strategies for Recruiting in Good Times & Bad
As part of our Burning Questions series, Neil Ducoff of Strategies provides staff recruitment and retention solutions that work in pandemic times and beyond.