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Onboarding New Employees: A Leadership Approach to Build Trust in Your Spa Business

When onboarding new employees, one of the most important elements is establishing trust. After all, as an esthetician spa owner, your leadership style sets the tone for your entire business. Contrary to popular belief, trust isn’t something you earn over time—trust is something you must give, especially during the new hire orientation. A key part of an effective employee onboarding …

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How To Onboard A New Hire In Your Beauty Business

Onboarding a new hire in your beauty business is a step-by-step process to ensure success for your new employee. Have you ever hired an employee who did not live up to your expectations? Reduce frustration by onboarding and training your new hire thoroughly to minimize stress and indoctrinate into your company culture. Thorough onboarding will improve employee productivity and happiness …

How to implement a no gossip policy in your spa business

How To Implement A No Gossip Policy In Your Spa Business

Do you have a no gossip policy for your spa business? Maybe you’re not sure if you need one or why you would need a no gossip policy in the first place. Has this ever happened to you? You walk into your spa first thing in the morning and hear your team members chatting and giggling. At first, you think, …

Hiring Tips for Beauty Business Owners

Most beauty business owners are reluctant to expand their business because they dread the hiring process and fear managing employees. All you need are a few hiring tips to take your business to the next growth level. I failed miserably at hiring employees as a new spa owner! Until I got it right, under the pressure of my CPA and esthetician …

Vetting Freelancers For Your Beauty Business

[md-blog-header] If your beauty business has been expanding and you’ve reached a point where you need to hire freelancers to support your growth — congratulations! Vetting freelancers is part of the process and knowing what to look for makes the vetting process much easier. However, hiring freelancers isn’t without risks. A ton of freelance virtual assistants, marketing consultants, social media …

How to Act Like a Beauty Business CEO

[md-blog-header] In business training and seminars, we’re taught to think and act like a Chief Executive Officer (CEO.) What does that really mean for us in the beauty industry? Do you need to go back to school? Are you out of luck if you aren’t born with certain personality traits? Acting like a beauty business CEO doesn’t mean you need …

Should You Join An Empowered Esthetician Mastermind Group?

[md-blog-header] In your quest to learn success techniques, you may have heard of mastermind groups. But you may wonder, “should I join such a group as an esthetician or spa business owner?” “Is an esthetician mastermind group right for me?” I’ll be honest. I have joined quite a few masterminds in the past and the experience was a mixed bag. …

Should You Keep Your Beauty Business Alive and Ride Out The COVID Storm?

[md-blog-header] Are you wondering if you should keep your beauty business alive and ride out the COVID storm? We’re living in uncharted territory. Every industry is in turmoil due to COVID and local businesses are fighting for survival. It’s predicted that 30% of hotels and restaurants will not recover from this immense setback. Many sectors are affected and our very …

Key to a Successful Beauty Business: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs Around Money

[md-blog-header] You have big plans and grand ambitions for your beauty business, yet there are certain beliefs holding you back. Let’s uncover why some beauty business owners are more successful than others. Most have overcome any limiting beliefs around money. Remember when you were in esthetic school? We all learned basically the same things. I understand that some schools are …