Salon Today April 2016: Culture Club
When it comes to salon culture, business coaches are fond of brandishing warnings to their salon-owner clients: “If you don’t make a conscious decision to define and cultivate your salon culture, it will be cultivated for ...
by Stacey Soble
Culture Club: Bobby Cooper Salon
With a healthy clientele and a happy staff, Bobby Cooper Salon in Indianapolis receives a lot of positive word-of-mouth marketing. Throw in a healthy dose of social media, and co-owner Sarah Cooper says it’s their happy guests who are ...
SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: 5 Salon Culture Challenges and How to Solve Them
When good feelings and positive dynamics fall apart in the salon, things can spiral out of control quickly. With SALON TODAY's focus on salon culture this month, we're recommending a series of insightful articles ...
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Culture Club: Signatures Salon
Signatures Salon in Lake Charles, Illinois, is a prime example of a business that leverages its culture to drive its business decisions. Several years ago, Owner Wendy White McCown charged her leadership team with developing the salon’s ...
by Stacey Soble
Culture Club: Spa Bleu
Two years ago, the team at Spa Bleu, with two locations in Barrington and West Dundee, Illinois, came up with 10 shared values to help define their culture.“First, the leadership team narrowed down the values,” says Heather Hazlett, ...
by Stacey Soble
Culture Club: Maximum FX
Chris Murphy, who co-owns three Maximum FX salons with Javier Herrera, came to the salon industry with a background in finance. They bought the original salon in 2002 and expanded into a second location in 2006. Currently, there are three ...
by Stacey Soble
Culture Club: Studio Be
About five years ago, Ian and Beth Weber got their entire Studio Be team together to talk about the concept of core values and how these values could drive the business forward. “We wanted a road map to govern decisions and conduct ...
Culture Club: Ginger Bay Salon and Spa
Laura Ortmann believes establishing her salon’s culture is a challenging, never-ending job. As a former attorney who purchased the existing Ginger Bay Salon and Spa in St. Louis in 2008, one of her first tasks was defining the ...
by Stacey Soble
Spilo Helps Provide Meals on Wheels to Homebound Seniors
Spilo Worldwide, a leading master beauty distributor and manufacturer, understands that true beauty lies within the heart. That's why they are sponsoring St. Vincent’s Meals on Wheels 21st Annual Walk/Bike-a-thon on Sunday, April 24 in ...
by Anne Moratto
SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: 5 Steps for Building A Salon Culture Where Stylists Thrive
What does your salon culture say about you and your team? Essentially, a salon culture is its values put into action. A strong, positive culture creates a salon environment that enables stylists to grow and feel enriched in their careers, ...
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Top Salons Across the Country Participate in HAIRraising for Boston Children’s Hospital
On Sunday, April 10, top salons throughout the United States will participate in the HAIRraising Cut-a-thon, a massive, one-day fundraising event benefiting Boston Children's Hospital’s Heart Center. Founded in 2010 by longtime ...
Culture Corner: Clearly Focused
After reading several great business books like Jim Collins’ From Good to Great over the past year, Oliver Steinnagel decided he needed to spend some quality time with his staff members. Steinnagel who owns Oliver’s Hair Salon in ...
by Stacey Soble
Culture Club
As the lead educator for ESON (Eufora Salon Owner Network), Joanne Magana traveled the country over the past 10 years talking to salon owners about the value of establishing a solid culture.“I was surprised to find so many salons that ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Salon Culture
Salon Culture is that invisible, yet tangible, energy that distinguishes the salon or spa, binds its team, and attracts clients. These ST200 honors clearly define their vision and mission, while consistently creating concrete activities ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Philanthropy
These ST200 Honorees extend the care they give clients each and every day to important causes that impact their community. While the need to give back comes from the heart, the effort yields valuable goodwill that strengthens the bonds a salon ...
by Stacey Soble
Progressions' Angel Tree Helps Clients Give Back
Working with the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, Progressions Salon Spa Store in Rockville, Maryland, embraced two community service projects this holiday season. The salon, which is owned by Cindy Feldman, adopted a ...
by Stacey Soble
Love Conquers All: Non-Profit Love Out Lavender Calls on the Creativity of Stylists to Defeat Cancer
Colored ribbons have become the international symbol of support and awareness for a wide array of causes, not least of which is cancer. Every type of cancer is aligned with a color—pink for breast cancer and gold for childhood cancer for ...