Ep. 181: Training New Staff - Timelines, Pricing, and Why You Can't Put Everyone in the Same Box

About this episode

Lauren discusses the process of training new staff in salon operations and improving client work efficiency.

In this week's episode Lauren discusses the process by which she brings on new staff, gets them trained up on the basics of Salon operations, and then helps them to improve (and also speed up) their Client work. Training New Staff: Training New Staff Members (02:35). Service Training (04:52 ). Adjusting Service Times (07:20). Factors Affecting Training Time (11:13). Importance of Clear Expectations (20:10). Putting Appropriate Pressure on Staff to Improve (27:26). Time is Money (30:12 ). Salon Boss Mastermind (31:46). .... Rate and Review the Show in Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-lash-business-lounge/id1609510128 Rate the Show in Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xvJ8MNZM9cbjYBGcMDtb8?si=b23764e4d0ed4b59 Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenlappin_ Allure's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allure_lashbeautybar .... This Episode was Recorded and Produced by Josh Liston at JCAL Media Group - https://www.jcaldigital.org/podcast-editing

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Lappin

Topics covered

• staff training
• salon operations
• client work
• service training
• expectations
• improvement

Keywords

• staff training
• salon operations
• service training
• client work
• expectations
• improvement
• timelines
• pricing

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Organizations: JCAL Media Group, Apple, Spotify, Allure

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