It’s a common situation in many salons. One or two top earners begin to chafe under the existing system. They feel they’re carrying the rest of the team. They resent being told what to do. So they leave. And when they do, everybody loses. Jen Planck is an educator, stylist and Salon Centric Ambassador. Jen, her business partner Lacey Griffiths, and their previous employer Sandra Dunn have devised an unconventional solution to walkouts—one that empowered two high-achieving stylists to continue to excel and allowed their salon owner to maintain a positive team culture and even create a new form of regular income. Here’s what happened.
When she graduated from cosmetology school, Alyssa Ventura was invited to visit the local JCP Salon. She checked it out, liked what she saw…and never left. Today she’s managing 30 stylists at The Salon by InStyle in Mentor, OH and loving her life.
Men are open to hair color, but, according to salon owner, educator, platform artist, and entrepreneur Marco Pelusi, you must be the one to start the conversation.
When Aneesha Nichols started her career, JCPenney was the place to be. There, she built a clientele and realized her dream of becoming a platform artist. Today, she’s the manager of the Salon by InStyle in Langhorne, PA and proud to be a member of the JCPenney family.
“I want to merge my passions of helping people. A large part of my job is making women feel powerful, strong, independent, beautiful, and loved and I feel like makeup can give women that same feeling of confidence.”
