salon/spa owners | Hairdresser Career Development Systems

Tips to Developing Your Championship Team

Tips to Developing Your Championship Team

"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress,working together is success."- Henry Ford The inability to hire the right people when adding a new member to your team is one of the leading causes of staff turnover and business interruption. Our business is such that we must rely heavily on the performance and stability of our staff to keep growing our business. No business can grow and improve profits with a team that do not share your goals and values. A house divided will [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2012-03-11T01:15:13-08:00March 11th, 2012|

How to Find Quality Education

How to Find Quality Education

"A trial and error approach to finding quality education is unacceptable." - Jon Gonzales It is getting more and more difficult to find quality education that meets job market and consumer demands. How do hairdressers and salon owners find unbiased education that focuses on their educational and business needs? Innovation in education is needed if we are to keep pace with other professions. Learning by trial and error is just unacceptable anymore. Tomorrow's business minded professional will have to know more than how to cut [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2012-02-12T01:47:13-08:00February 12th, 2012|

Nine Tips to Owning a Successful and Profitable Business

Nine Tips to Owning a Successful and Profitable Business

" Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary in their abilities,they vary in their desires to be successful - John Maxwell." While our country is in the midst of a tough economy ,the beauty industry especially salons and hairdressers are also being hit hard on both fronts. Owning a salon/spa business is creating many hardships in time, sacrifice, money, and energy spent. Trying to find solutions to these challenges will require determination, hard work, and ongoing education especially in the business management aspect of salon [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2011-10-16T00:03:22-07:00October 16th, 2011|

Honesty and a Code of Ethics

Honesty and a Code of Ethics

" There is no substitute for basic honesty and integrity in one's life." Many hairdressers and salon owners are experiencing many challenges in trying to provide a better life for themselves and their families. In order to raise our standard of living and make this a reality, we must join together as professionals and address a topic that is hurting our salons, our profession, and our livelihoods. The purpose of this message is to combat turnover and help bridge the gap between salon owners and [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2011-09-24T23:02:22-07:00September 24th, 2011|

The Greedy Salon Owner ?

The Greedy Salon Owner ?

" Let us join together to better understand each other. " There seems to be a growing contempt and jealousy towards pharmaceuticals, oil companies, financial institutions, Wall Street, rich people, or anybody who is successful and surprisingly salon owners throughout the United States. I was recently reading some chat rooms comments where hairdressers were commenting on their salons and owners. I was alarmed by the degree of animosity, misunderstandings, and negative attitudes towards salon owners and managers in their efforts to grow their business and [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2011-09-08T21:06:29-07:00September 8th, 2011|

Five Tips for Balancing Your Personal and Business Life!

Five Tips for Balancing Your Personal and Business Life!

Five Tips for Balancing Your Personal and Business Life " I measure wealth not by money but by family and fulfillment." As I travel throughout the country, I’m asked all the time especially from single mother’s and women with children how do I balance my personal and family life with my job or business. Depending on your financial needs, you must determine what will make you happy. You must also determine your financial needs as well. If you own a business the challenges are even [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2022-04-12T09:18:13-07:00July 24th, 2011|

Five Tips for Improving Staff Performance

"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team." John Wooden Five Tips for Improving Staff Performance One of the biggest challenges of owning a hair/spa salon business is improving staff performance and productivity. It starts with the owner. Excellence does start at the top. Before you can manage others you must be able to manage yourself if you want to earn the trust and respect of your team. Managing people who share your vision and goals can be daunting. The question [Click here to read full article...]

hcds4you342022-04-12T09:08:59-07:00April 15th, 2011|

Money Tips for Women in the Beauty Industry

Although many of these tips are geared towards women, they also apply for men as well.As hairdressers and salon owners we tend to invest most of our time developing our artistic skills, we seldom think of planning for our financial future.In today’s tough economy, the cost of living will continue to escalate as evidenced by rising gas prices as an example. It’s not how much you earn that will determine your financial future; It’s what you do with your money that will determine your financial [Click here to read full article...]

hcds4you342022-04-12T09:02:22-07:00March 25th, 2011|

Special Preview Announcement from Jon Gonzales

Coming to Toronto , Canada Monday, May 9, 2011 Are You Concerned about the Future Growth and Profitability of your Business? Do You Want To Develop Powerful Business Management Skills? Are You Concerned With Rising Business Costs? Do You find it Difficult to find Committed Hairdressers for Your Team? Are You Being Compensated Enough for the Long Hours and Hard Work of Owning Your Business? Dear Colleague and Friend, I am pleased to make a preview announcement of my upcoming all day [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2022-04-12T08:39:35-07:00February 26th, 2011|

Compensation Guidelines for Salon Owners and Hairdresser’s

I’ve been fortunate to have traveled throughout the US and Canada meeting thousands of salon owners and managers, as well as hairdressers and educators. Many times, I’ve been asked about compensation. Suffice it to say, there can be a large gap between the opinions of salon owners, managers, and hairdressers about compensation. In this article, I’d like to attempt to bridge the gap between salon staff and management, and offer a few tips to help clarify the many misunderstandings about compensation. "There is no Universal [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2022-04-12T08:17:51-07:00September 18th, 2010|

Instilling a Team Environment

"A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others" --- Norman Shidle Instilling a Team Environment As leader of your team, instilling a team spirit is a prerequisite to establishing a positive and professional salon environment. On the other hand, a house divided will create a negative and unprofessional salon environment for staff, our clients, and management. No salon can experience long term growth, stability, and profitability without a team [Click here to read full article...]

Jon2022-04-12T08:35:27-07:00August 8th, 2010|

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