Some days the choices we have to make are tough.  Do you consider yourself fast at decisions, a gatherer of input before making decisions, or staying on the fence for as long as you can decision maker?  Whichever way you lean, deciphering through our emotions is what makes decisions a difficult factor.   Listen now as I compare making tough choices based on Emotional Intelligence or based on Mental Health, and is there a difference?

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Infrastructure…A word we are hearing a lot lately. Defined as the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization). The question then becomes do you have a solid infrastructure to sustain the current business, add new business, and scale to a bigger business? If not, listen to today's broadcast on what we need to do in a few areas to have operational excellence and sail the seas with confidence or maybe shoot for the stars?

SOS -Learning to Fish

When we avoid selling or sales we are avoiding growth and profits. Sales should never be a 4 letter word when in the service and people business. Learning to be skillful at selling is nothing more than getting comfortable with great listening skills and great storytelling skills.

Listen now as I share the 4 types of storytelling that can improve rapport, trust, and your bottom line and teach you to fish for a lifetime.

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As we navigate our new normal in our industry one thing is certain. Education is now more important than ever. It must evolve, be a great contribution from many to many and the entire industry must be committed to bettering themselves, their teams, and the industry as a whole. “My commitment has always been that Education is the #1 selling product in our industry.”

Listen now to what may be my opinion, a little rant, and high expectations for the future of education in the beauty industry before we become lost at sea.

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Inflation is high, a recession is looming, stylist shortage, Salons are struggling, pandemic still exists, products are back-ordered. What are we to do when all we hear anymore is gloom and doom. Today, I will share with you how the supply and demand factor is our best opportunity to raise the tide and ride the wave of understanding we are in demand, and these are the actions we need to be doing now!

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When we can do a fair comparison to successful service and retail stores, salons may be behind the “sales” in how to communicate with the customer to be in buying mode or action-driven. The Boost Box may be your solution to increasing business. Join me and my guest Lisa Arnold, Founder, and CEO of Boost Box, and a monthly subscription to boost sales, in retail, services, referrals, and more.

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When we think of our business as being sustainable, we tend to think ecological. Today, I want you to think of eco as culture and systems. Your renewable resources are your team, your operations, your systems, your ability to market and sell your services and products. Can you grow and scale and be more sustainable for tomorrow and go from surviving to thriving?

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If you don’t trust yourself then how can you trust others? It is a false narrative and leads to distorted beliefs in success, money flow, and happiness. Today on my birthday and 40th anniversary of being a licensed cosmetologist, we will break down why trust may be the most important commodity needed to survive.

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We are coming out of unprecedented times in our world. Hopefully, there is no relapse and we ready to move forward.

I know the last 18 months have been a whirlwind and certainly, we have all had time for reflection. I know I have.

I know that when things get tough, I get tougher, I had so many big plans for 2020, I had made major investments in me and my business only to have most be put on indefinite hold.

The shift, the redirect the reinvention of me, my business, all business, humanity. The adage hindsight is 2020 has never been truer on all levels.

I did not for one minute stop working or think... Listen Now

Oh and Captain... Please get the support you need to go from life raft to yacht life!  Book your free Session Now. 

Join me today for the “Dear Client” Letter on the SOS Small Biz Success Podcast.

Just prepare that some of the concerns clients have today are because they are smarter and savvier than ever, they have access to more education and information than ever and they want to look their best and most youthful selves.

We are an industry that must evolve and become better business people to accommodate this new high-level class of clients, whether they have high or unrealistic expectations, it is our role to educate them, train them how to do business with us so we can support them in looking their very best and grow and prosper in our careers and craft.

The challenge is t be business-focused first and beauty-savvy second. This is how we will survive in the future.

Listen now, and if you need support on, marketing, branding, communications, and more. Set up a free coaching session with me at SOS SALON COACHING