July 1, 2020

Mental Organization: Lists, Calendars, and Looking to the Future

Ambitious professionals and salon owners often have difficulty finding enough hours in the day to hit their goals and accomplish all the tasks they feel they need to accomplish. Where does the time go? How can it be better spent? What systems can you implement to keep yourself focused and ensure you’re being as productive as possible?

June 29, 2020

The Switcharoo: Why Your Employer Suddenly Wants Everyone to Become Renters

Many salon owners are now having their employees become booth renters. This sudden switch can be incredibly stressful for professionals who have had their entire lives turned upside down by COVID-19. In this article, we will talk about why these employers are making this sudden change and what it means to be self-employed.

June 11, 2020

How The Great Clips Incident Saved the Industry

May 31, 2020

COVID-19: What To Do when an Employee Tests Positive

May 22, 2020

COVID-19: How to Create, Communicate, and Enforce Pandemic Policies

April 29, 2020

Surviving COVID-19: How to Announce Pay Cuts, Layoffs, and Price Increases

If you’re reading this article, it’s likely because you’re having to make a lot of difficult, unpleasant decisions after learning some uncomfortable truths about your pre-COVID financial situation, so let’s talk about how to announce necessary pay cuts, layoffs, and price increases professionally and what steps to take to ensure you do so correctly.

April 25, 2020

A Culture of Abuse: How COVID-19 Educated the Beauty Industry

April 15, 2020

Post-Curve, Pre-Vaccine: Where do salons go from here?

March 30, 2020

Troubleshooting Your Salon: What to do when you aren’t breaking even.

March 23, 2020

COVID-19: Our New Economic Reality

If you’re seeking comfort, look elsewhere. I’m a pessimistic realist and I’m not pulling any punches today. None of us has time to waste on carefully crafted introductions that state the obvious, so let’s get right to it: Now that COVID-19 has upended everything, what the hell do we do as individuals, employees, employers, small business owners, parents, and as an industry overall? What can we expect over the next few years?

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