The business is running
on your shoulders.

That's the problem.... The revenue is there. The clients are loyal. So why does it feel like it's about to fall apart?
You know something has to change.
You just don't know what.

You've built a team. There's revenue. Clients keep coming back. And you're still the one holding it all together,
60-hour weeks, give or take.

How much is this actually costing you, in money you're not seeing, time you don't have, the confidence you're losing?

Leading from strategy instead of daily fire-fighting means your team performs without you there.
You actually go home and switch off.

If I could show you the one thing that changes everything, would you want to see it?

You've said it before. You'll say it again tomorrow.
Here's how to stop

The 5 Meetings that
Rule Them All

You've had the conversation... And somehow, next week, the same problem.

This guide gives you The 5 Meetings that fix all that.

Each meeting has a clear job. Together they create a team that listens, follows through, and steps up! ... without you chasing, reminding, or repeating yourself.

✅ Your team heard you,  they just didn't do it. These 5 meetings fix that for good.

✅ No more repeating yourself. Each meeting has one clear job, so your team knows exactly what's expected and owns it.

✅ This is the structure Salon CEOs use to lead teams who listen, follow through, and step up without the daily reminders.

 

Stop Repeating Myself: Download the Guide

Salon Owners Collective Podcast

10 Hiring Tips for Salons

By Larissa Macleman | 15 September 2023

Do you feel like recruiting great staff, god – even any staff – in the hair and beauty industry is just getting harder and harder?

Do you reminisce on the good old days when you could just tape a sign to the window saying “We’re hiring” and wait for your dream team member to walk through the door?

But now, the tides have changed – and it’s not enough just to be hiring – you’ve got to be actively recruiting…

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3 Secrets to Becoming The Salon CEO

By Larissa Macleman | 11 September 2023

What does it really mean to be a Salon CEO? This is a question that I personally spent the best part of 20 years working my way through when I owned my own Salon.

And ultimately I landed on this: being a Salon CEO means taking control of both your business so that it facilitates your life and the life you’re working towards. Because as you’ve heard me say time and again we work to live we DO NOT live to work.

It’s the very thing that possessed you to open your own Salon in the first place right? FREEDOM – to live your life on your terms.

But how do we achieve this?

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How to Handle Bad Days Like a Bad B*tch

By Larissa Macleman | 01 September 2023

As a business owner do you ever have bad days, but feel like you can’t let anyone know – you’ve just got to soldier through because you’re not just a busisness owner, are you?

You’re a boss, a mother, a partner – people are counting on you to have your shit together.

Often in the business world, we celebrate positivity, success and productivity so much that its easy to feel like other people don’t have bad days.

But i’m here to tell you that they do…

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Salon Owners Collective Blog

You Can’t Build a Million-Dollar Salon While You’re Still Slogging

August 26, 2026

You know that moment in the shower? You’re not trying to solve anything. You’re not in a meeting. Not mixing colour. Not on the floor with a client. Not managing your team through yet another crisis. You’re just standing there – and suddenly it lands. The thing you’ve been chasing for weeks. The answer that’s…

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The 3 Queen Moves That Change Everything In Your Salon

June 10, 2026

The 3 Queen Moves That Change Everything In Your Salon Last week, we talked about the decision. The decision to step into CEO. The decision to spend less time behind the chair and more time leading the business. The decision to stop being the person who does everything. But the decision is actually the easy…

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The Hardest Lesson I Learned as a Salon Owner

June 4, 2026

The Hardest Lesson I Learned as a Salon Owner I was the best stylist in my salon. Fully booked. Highest revenue column. Working harder than everyone else. And somehow… I was taking home the least. At the time, I thought my team was the problem. Why didn’t they care like I did? Why did everything…

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