by alaynecurtiss | Mar 12, 2022 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Stop The Walkouts
In this episode, which is our first video interview, we chatted with Jenna Bowden of Crown Extension Studio, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jenna survived not 1, not 2, but 3 walkouts in 4 years and finally speaks up about the trauma salon walkouts cause and why she...
by alaynecurtiss | Dec 23, 2021 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
Ginger messaged me on Facebook, “I’ve had my first walkout.” I said well, welcome to the club! I was shocked actually but tried to make her not feel alone. Walkouts are a very lonely place. You may remember her from our story last February at...
by alaynecurtiss | Jul 26, 2021 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
I’ve been listening to the book Radical Candor, by Kim Scott, and wow, Chapter 6 – Guidance, nailed it. Finally, the answer to why walkouts occur and the BIG WHY for me and many other salon owners. Why do the people who walk out most often try to discredit and...
by alaynecurtiss | Jan 24, 2021 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
We are almost 3 years out from the start of my last big walkout, big is an understatement, huge actually. I had just returned from the hospital with my daughter who has Crohn’s Disease, running multiple tests to try to manage her disease and her pain. The emails...
by alaynecurtiss | Nov 22, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
I met Claudia Cordova Rucker several years ago at a business development class for salon and spa owners. Owners who were struggling. Owners who had gotten into this industry, who were smart, capable, caring, hard working, but barely getting by! We were trying to...
by alaynecurtiss | Aug 20, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
Remember when you were at the top of your game? You had a ton of clients and thought you were the shit. You said to yourself… I’ll just sign a lease, just open my salon, just hire and train two other stylists and just get them really busy and life will be just...
