employee management

Hair Cuttery's New Path to Prosperity

As Phil Horvath joins Ratner Companies, he and Dennis Ratner prepare to roll out a new stylist compensation program, along with a new motivational app for Hair Cuttery's 12,000 stylists.

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Data Stories: Breaking Down the Numbers

In his class on reading P&Ls at Data-Driven Salon, World Class Salons' Jim Pacifico talks about how he breaks down the numbers so his team can follow them easily.

Data Stories: Keeping Score to Do More

At the Data-Driven Salon event, Van Council, co-owner of the Van Michael Salons and Spas in Atlanta, shares how he leverages data for everything, including helping team members and salon locations achieve goals and reach new compensation levels.

How One Salon Owner Built Financial Stability and Improved Culture through Team-Based Pay

Krista Harvey, owner of Studio7 Salon and Spa in Ames, Iowa, describes how converting her salon to team-based pay helped her pull the business out of debt and build a strong and productive culture.

Data Stories: Robert Cromeans Uses Data to Monitor the Health of his Team

With a few hundred employees across three states, Robert Cromeans has gotten so good at reading individual staff member's performance data, he says he can predict how well they are doing in their personal lives, as well as at work.

Data Stories: Understanding Their Team's True Colors

In order to strengthen their culture at Gadabout SalonSpas, Frank and Jana Westerbeke strive to understand how each person on their team processes information. To do that they utilize the True Colors personality assessment too.

Data Stories: Salon Management by the Numbers

Before he takes the stage at Data-Driven Salon in June, Monty Howard talks about how he uses data to get the team's buy-in on sales strategy, as how to make a point in one-on-one meetings.

Strategies Announces 4th Annual Team-Based Pay Conference

Strategies responds to the compensation needs of employee-based salons and spas  with a two-day conference in San Antonio, Texas on October 15-16, 2017. New this year will be sessions specifically for service providers where staff members will share their experiences working in a Team-Based Pay salon.

BREAKING NEWS: Meet Ulta Beauty’s New Pro Team

This just in! Ulta Beauty just announced the formation of the Ulta Beauty Pro Team, an epic grouping of hairdressing talent with more than 100 years of combined experience. As this news breaks, MODERN is in Orlando with Ulta Beauty and team lead Nick Stenson, chief artistic director. See who’s on the team!

Speaking Polish: Essie Team Spirit

With their major focus being instilling the pro back in the nail professional, the Essie education team is putting a focus on business building classes to guide the professional nail business this year.