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10 Reasons Great Salon & Spa Employees Stay
In a recent blog post, I gave you my top ten reasons why great employees leave. In this post, we want to take you inside my top ten reasons great... Read More
10 Reasons Great Employees Quit Salons & Spas
Don't forget to check out the follow-up to this post, 10 Reasons Why Great Salon & Spa Employees STAY. Employee turnover at salons and spas... Read More
Salon & Spa Meetings & Education: Mandatory or Optional?
Creating the right culture and achieving true team performance isn't the result of wishful thinking, good luck or accident.It takes leadership... Read More
Who Pays for Salon & Spa Education?
I have a reputation for telling salon/spa owners what they need to hear ... not what they want to hear.What you are going to read here is sure to open... Read More
A Salon & Spa Owner's Thinking Guide to Firing an Employee
Firing an employee is a right of passage for every salon/spa owner.Even after years in business, having to tell an employee, "I have to let you... Read More
Salon & Spa Culture: How to Get it Right
"Culture" has officially become the new business buzzword in the salon/spa industry…...and rightfully so.Why?Because the more defined and... Read More
The Bitter Side of Salon & Spa Suites
The suite phenomenon is the equivalent of a modern day gold rush. More and more suite franchises are popping up everywhere. All the suite franchises... Read More
The Aging Salon/Spa Business Model
The closing of The Ted Gibson Salon in New York City just days before Christmas has fueled the debate that the salon/spa industry has officially... Read More
10 Salon & Spa Leadership Resolutions for 2017
This begins my tenth year of writing the Monday Morning Wake-Up blog.The very first MMWU was on January 18, 2008. This marks 466 continuous Monday... Read More
Why 1099 Salon & Spa Workers are NOT Employees
Salon & Spa owners: Are you properly classifying your salon or spa workers? Here are 10 questions to determine if a worker is a W2 employee or a 1099 independent contractor. Read More
The Employee-Based Salon & Spa Owner's Manifesto
As the owner of an employee-based salon/spa company … you control your own destiny.At Strategies, we believe in and support your dream to own and grow... Read More