Kristin Speakman owns Bella Red, a commission salon in Federal Way, WA has humble beginnings. She didn’t grow up wanting to be a stylist in fact, she didn't graduate like high school with a plan. With two aunts and an uncle that were hairstylist and salon owners and her mom working for them. She literally grew up in the salons and avoided them! Until one day her Aunt’s salon for 36 years became hers!

And in the past year she has found a new passion + calling, for coaching salon owners. She loves working with salon owners that are building teams, and that have stylists that work for them. If that’s you, I’m pretty sure you want Kristin in your life!

In this episode Kristin talks about what it was like moving to a 4-chair salon and hiring her first employee (who is still with her today) feeling like she didn’t know what she was doing. Yet, it was the beginning of what would become a way to build a beautiful team of dedicated stylists!

She knew she wanted to create something different, a better culture one that focuses on the stylists as a whole person, not just an employee! ''People are humans, we need to like approach our development and supporting our stylists and our managers in a, in a real authentic like, human human way’’ she says.

A hair obssed with: I'm obsessed with it all. I'm obsessed with the people.

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