I ran it through my hairdressing business and then in 2000, took it to salons throughout Queensland.
My first ever client back then was Richard and Sheryl Kownacki down at Coolangatta and Katrina Gilligan from Katrina’s Beauty Works in Burpengary. At the age of 33, working with some of the industry great’s owners, product companies and magazine editors was both an honour and a privilege.
It’s funny to think back and the first part of any meeting with potential clients was to explain what a business coach was and what my program could do to help grow their business. Being pretty much the first business coach in Hair and Beauty at that time meant breaking new ground and pushing through when people at that time said teaching hairdressers and beauty therapists about business was impossible.
I knew that wouldn't be the case and in the first year had signed over 70 salons up to work through a program that was really a blue print of how I ran my own business
It’s exciting to be celebrating 20 years in this wonderful industry and even more satisfying to see that out of the 70+ business coaches that I’ve trained over the years, many are still business coaches in their own right, working to help grow these great industries.
Salon Advantage has been implemented with well over 5,000 salons nationally and in New Zealand, imparting our program into TAFE Colleges and Polytech in New Zealand.
It is in reflection that I quote the aim of what originally started out as Performance Plus Training Academy and later grew to become Salon Advantage.
Our Aim is to raise the standards in the hair and beauty industry by increasing business knowledge, personal development and team skills, one salon at a time.
It is fulfilling to see that many salon owners we have worked with over the past 20 years have successfully achieved their definition of success, some even going on to be business coaches themselves.
Well done to you all.
To everyone that has been part of the journey of Salon Advantage over the past 20 years, thank you.
It’s exciting to see that we are still going strong 20 years on, and how far and wide this program has impacted our industries, directly and indirectly.
Here’s cheers to many more years ahead.