Back from Corporate

Ok. Here I am again. This time, weary and battle scared. I'm going to share some of my experience. I LOVE my Industry! I enjoy and thrive in it. The good thing about corporate is the security blanket it provides. However, somewhere down the line I became numb. It's the second time it happens, but this time I was able to identify it. I can say I learned how to appreciate our industry more and embrace it. So with so much experience in salon management and team building, not to mentioned sales tracking. I have pulled together the most comprehensive workshops for modern salon management. The difference is that there are so many tools and gadgets to use to make the jobs easier today. When I was starting none of these where available. So I did it the old fashion way, pen and paper. Long gone.. are the days when the appointment book was also the accounting log, phone book, service record and payroll data. LOL.
   I remember when being a hairdresser meant easy money, now you have to run a single chair like a business. I have coached many stylists into a profitable three day a week job. The hardest part has been to get them to further develop or blossom their business by developing others. Why we do this to ourselves, That's material for another posting. For now start taking notes. How is your business running? When was the last time you did anything for team building? What is payroll costing you? what trainings are needed to continue developing? Who are the leaders in your team? Are you placing each player in the correct area? How long ago did you take a training to motivate YOU!Then sit through one of my classes and discuss the business. First we identify strengths then we figure out the rest. www.detrasdelasilla.com

See ya!

Where it all happens

My industry, is so exiting, invigorating, competitive and art filled. The people who create the haircuts, the colorist that gets inspired by a birds feather and the make-up artist that interprets shapes and shades of a face. These are some of the most amazing artists I've have ever had the pleasure of crossing paths with. I have been so fortunate to have worked and trained with a variety of them. A true stylist/cosmetologist "aka" image enhancer is the one, that when sharing a meal grabs your (off white) napkin and looks outside to spot a UPS truck and says "there"... is the (chocolate brown) that will go great with these highlights as she/he waves the napkins in front of you. Ever though of how they come up with the hairstyles for a runway show? and how is it that the make-up artist raps it all up with eyes and lips the perfect color. The artist knows what the other artist sees in an artist mind. Beauty is art and the art of it all is where it all happens.