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Business advice for salon, spa and medspa owners. Profit, leadership, Team-Based Pay and the work of running your company.

10 Reasons for Salon/Spa Owners to Stay Positive

These days, it’s tough for owners to maintain their positivity. We get it. At almost a year into this pandemic, salon/spa owners have been thrown one challenge after another. So much so, staying positive has become a task unto itself.But even in the toughest times, it’s the salon/spa owner’s positivity that keep their teams inspired, united and progressing forward. Positivity is energy. Positivity strengthens and bonds your culture. Positivity makes the unattainable attainable. Without question, positivity begins with you, the owner.In this week’s blog post, we give you TEN solid reasons for you to get and stay positive. You can do this.

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How One Salon/Spa Did a Complete Turnaround During the Shutdown

In early 2019, Kayla was running her salon on fear and scarcity. She then decided to convert from commission to Team-Based Pay, and to gain a better understanding of her numbers. Now her teams sees what the company needs to grow, they are getting better at profitability, and are working hard to become debt free.

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Inside a Successful Salon/Spa Culture Shift

Completing a culture shift in your salon or spa — and getting it to stick — means changing the collective behaviors of your company. In this blog post, Mary Ann Brooks shares how she made the shift, which helped her to became debt free, offer amazing benefits, and empower her team to work hard to grow the company.

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Retaining Salon/Spa Employees is an Earned Outcome

When a salon or spa excels at retaining employees, it almost always excels at creating the right culture, systems and accountability, as well. In this blog post, we share the story of staff retention rockstar, Tiffany Lahn, owner of Salon Secrets Spa in Kennett Square, PA, and winner of the 2020 Team-Based Pay Staff Retention Award.

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How One Salon Paid Employees During the Shutdown and Stayed Debt-Free

Imagine having the cash reserves to able to shutdown for eight weeks, give your employees full pay, and still reopen debt free. Now…imagine all of your employees working hard to drive your salon’s/spa’s critical numbers. That’s exactly how things work at Shine Hair Color & Design Studio. Here's their story.

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