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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Recently, almost every member of the Nuovo salon group (three salons in the Sarasota, Florida, area with another opening in 2015) attended a Qnity + Aveda training session. The program is set up to make tracking numbers more intuitive to the ...
Grow's Antony Whitaker offers some wise tips for training a great salon team.
Strategies' Incubator Day Two on Monday, March 19, 2012. SALON TODAY 200 salon owners returned for another business building day where they were taught how to improve Team Service in their salons and how to implement Team-Based Pay.