#394 - Popular Leadership Advice I'd NEVER Follow....

Thriving Stylist Podcast

Britt Seva

Stylist, Business, Hair, Hairstylist, Marketing, Salon, Careers, Businessbuilding

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What if everything you've been told about running your business is actually holding you back? In this "spicy" episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on some uncomfortable truths about common salon business strategies, and sharing with you the popular leadership advice I’d NEVER follow!

In this episode, I dive deep into critical topics like understanding commission structures, the real impact of service fees, whether pre-booking and retail sales are truly the best metrics for stylist promotion, and a whole lot more.

This conversation is all about empowering you to think critically about your business, optimize your revenue and profit, and ensure your operational choices are genuinely setting you up for rapid growth. Press “Play” and let's challenge some industry norms together!

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Do you have a question for me that you’d like answered in a future episode like this one? A great way to do that is to head over to Apple Podcasts and leave a rating and review with your question. I'm looking forward to answering your question on a future episode on the podcast!

If you’re not already following us, @thethrivingstylist, what are you waiting for? This is where I share pro tips every single week, along with winning strategies, testimonials, and amazing breakthroughs from my audience. You’re not going to want to miss out on this.

Learn more at: https://thrivingstylist.com/podcast/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Do you feel like you were meant to have a kick-ass career as a hairstylist?
0:05.0	Like you got into this industry to make big things happen?
0:08.0	Maybe you're struggling to build a solid base and want some stability.
0:12.0	Maybe you know social media is important, but it feels like a waste of time because you weren't seeing any results.
0:17.0	Maybe you've already had some amazing success, but are craving more. Maybe you're
0:21.9	ready to truly enjoy the freedom and flexibility this industry has to offer. Cutting and coloring
0:27.2	skills will only get you so far, but to build a lifelong career as a wealthy stylist, it takes
0:32.6	business skills and a serious marketing strategy. When you're ready to quit just working in your
0:37.4	business and start working on it,
0:39.0	join us here where we share real success stories from real stylists.
0:42.7	I'm Britt Siva, social media and marketing strategist just for hairstylists, and this is
0:47.1	The Thriving Stilist podcast.
0:51.4	What is up and welcome back to the Thriving Stilis podcast. I'm your hostess Briseba and I have a
0:57.8	relatively spicy episode coming your way. It's not burning hot, but there's definitely a kick to it.
1:05.3	So for all of my years of hosting this podcast, which is eight years or something like that. It's so wild to think
1:12.3	about. I've always really made an effort to stay neutral and classy. And I do kind of want to stay
1:20.1	that way. But there's an element of, I guess, transparency that in my spirit, I feel like I haven't always stayed true to. And you may
1:32.4	have noticed, I'm starting to get a little bit more vocal about things I don't agree with.
1:38.2	I am still of the belief. I'm not the only business coach capable of giving people breakthroughs in their business. I think
1:45.5	there's some amazing coaches out there. I think there's lots of great systems and structures that work
1:50.0	really well and show proven results and all of that. So this is not coming from the place of my
1:54.8	way is the only way. It's not. And there's some things. Other coaches do way better than me.
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