"What I Love about Being a Team-Based Salon/Spa" Video Contest Winners
Members of the Team-Based community shared what they love about working in a Team-Based salon, spa, medspa, barbershop or lash studio. See the winning entry.
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Business advice for salon, spa and medspa owners. Profit, leadership, Team-Based Pay and the work of running your company.
What's Your Salon/Spa Exit Strategy?
What is my business worth, and how do I plan my exit? The 2 questions veteran salon and spa owners ask us most, and 4 points to think through before you answer them.
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Six Critical Lessons for Creating Salon/Spa Profit
You can be profitable and broke at the same time. 6 lessons on how salon and spa profit really works, and how to turn it into cash in the bank.
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How to Write Off a Business Training
Most expenses for business training and travel are deductible when attendance benefits your salon, spa or medspa. CPA April McDaniel of Kopsa Otte explains what qualifies.
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15 Years of Monday Morning Wake-Up’s … Time for a Change
Neil Ducoff looks back on 15 years of the Monday Morning Wake-Up, from founding Strategies in 1993 to today, and announces what comes next.
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When Salon/Spa Owners Fear that Employees Will Quit
Change rocks the boat, and some owners avoid it because they fear a walkout. Here is how to communicate the why, what, when and how of change so your team comes with you.
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Salon/Spa Leadership is All About Behaviors
Leadership starts with the behaviors you choose for yourself: purpose, discipline and urgency. Here is how an owner's self-leadership sets the standard for the whole salon or spa.
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Quest for the Best Salon/Spa Daily Huddle
Struggling with daily huddles? Here's a 10-point hit list to make your daily huddles consistent, relative, and most importantly, producing results!
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What it Really Takes to Live Best Practices
Learning best practices is easy. Getting them to stick in your salon or spa is the hard part. Here is what owners do differently when systems and behaviors hold.
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What Creates or Kills Salon/Spa Profit
Profit is your return on risk, and it funds payroll and growth. Here is what builds profit in a salon or spa and the habits that quietly destroy it.
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How to Make “What If We Went For It” Happen
Every owner has "what if we went for it" ideas about the next level. Here is how to turn big visions for your salon or spa into gains you can measure.
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