EDUCATION
Van Council’s Four Keys of Culture
Van Council is often asked for the secrets to his success, and at Serious Business 2016, he took the stage and revealed his secret: a culture he has carefully defined.
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5 Minutes With Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri
Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri joins us as lead artist to create some of the runway ready looks. Along with working fashion week, Frank is the owner of Rizzieri Salons, Spas and Schools in New Jersey and was recently named a “2015 Circle of Excellence Winner” by Philadelphia’s SmartCEO magazine. Get to know more about Frank in this[…]
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Lessons Learned: Seasoned Stylists Share Advice for Newbies
When you’re starting out as a new stylist—or in any career—it’s difficult to know what you don’t know. And while you may have gone to a top-notch cosmetology school and learned from the best educators, there are still many things you must learn on the job from your peers, managers and salon owner. We asked [...]
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The Power of the Written Goal
Before Jessica Martindale, stylist at Insignia Hair and Body Studio in Nottingham, Maryland went through the Qnity program in 2015, she was struggling with a bad habit—tardiness. Chronically late to work, she would scramble around to get organized when she got to the salon, barely ready for her first client every morning. When her boss
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A Simple Tool for Immediate Impact
As an ambassador for Qnity, part of Kat Fischer’s responsibilities as a stylist at Planet Labs in Denver, Colorado is to help her co-workers grow their numbers and identify their weak spots. Recently, a fellow stylist, Caitlin, was having problems hitting her retail numbers. She became frustrated when her manager told her she was not [...]
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Keri Davis-Duffy Shares Tips for Salon Success
Keri Davis-Duffy knows a thing or two about running a successful business. In fact, for the past 11 years she has been developing and teaching courses for Aveda Business College—a program that provides advanced business training for salon and spa owners and their managers. Davis-Duffy practices what she preaches in her curriculum, which includes courses [...]
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What do Stylists Need From Owners? We Asked Them.
Becoming a successful stylist takes hard work, dedication to your craft and excellent people skills. But there’s another secret successful stylists share—owners who support and advocate for their employees. Whether it’s in-salon education, mentoring or helping to coach numbers, an owner can make or break a new stylist’s career […]
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Teaching Stylists to Love their Goals
When Kacy Reynolds embarked on her career as a stylist at Paris Parker, she happened to start as the rest of the company was finishing up the Qnity program, a system to help stylists understand and track their numbers. But Reynolds didn’t let that stop her. She studied the Qnity tips on her own and ended up doing a crash course with one of the Qnity educators.
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The Purefessional Experience: An Inside Look
As a stylist, there are many avenues for career advancement. You can become a manager, be a creative director specializing in photo shoots, or even purchase your own salon and run a business. But if you’re in the Aveda network, there’s another career path that many aspire to—becoming a “Purefessional.” The Purefessional title is a [...]
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