We asked several salon professionals about what being or having a mentor means to them, how it has helped them and how they and their salons pay back into the system…Let’s listen in:
How do you define mentoring?
Mentoring is that personalize attention and learning opportunity given by one professional to another without expecting anything in return.
Evan C. – Palm Spring, CA
How important is a mentoring culture within a salon?
Having been a salon owner myself, I personally believe that mentoring and the mind-set that goes along with it is essential to the growth of any salon. Having a well-integrated learning and teaching culture based on the teamwork of the salon as a whole always makes for the best possible work environment.
Patrick D. – Oceanside, CA
How does your salon participate in mentoring?
Our salon has a great teaching environment for assistants and new hairdressers. Every established hairdresser is required to step up in some way to help strengthen and grow the next generation, which I think is great.
Micah S. – Seattle, WA
What are ways someone can be a mentor?
Offering regular education in the salon and making sure to personalize some of it just to new stylists is a good place to start.
Kerri C. –Baton Rouge, LA
To take the time to explain a cut or color technique to someone who needs the help. This sort of one-on-one teaching is the best way to pay it forward.
Craig C. – Alexandria, VA
I make it a point to talk at my local high school on career day and sometimes donate my time at job fairs or at local beauty schools and community colleges. It feels great to donate the time and help others who may have an interest in our field.
Ashley M. – Stamford, CT
How do you decide whom to mentor?
I am happy to donate my time and to take someone under my wing, but I need to know that they will respect my time and be thankful for the gesture. To find the right person, I watch new salon professionals and look for that special spark of interest that goes above any beyond the rest.
Sandi C. – Phoenix, AZ
How do you know that your mentoring efforts are working?
We’ve had many salon receptionists go on to beauty school because of the exposure to the business on a daily basis. I’d like to think that some of that decision was prompted by one or more mentors who saw the interest and nurtured it.
Stephanie C. – Silver Springs, MD
How has mentoring helped you personally?
I got into the business because of a salon owner who donated their time to take me to a few hair shows. They even let me come in to their salon after hours to show me some basic cuts in the very beginning. They helped me enroll in beauty school, to pass the state board and even gave me my first assisting job. I am forever grateful to my mentor and have passed the torch to several others in her honor.
Jessica M. – Ogden, UT
Now it’s your turn… What has mentoring meant to you? What Has Being a Mentor Meant to You?
We asked several salon professionals about what being or having a mentor means to them, how it has helped them and how they and their salons pay back into the system…Let’s listen in:
How do you define mentoring?
Mentoring is that personalize attention and learning opportunity given by one professional to another without expecting anything in return.
Evan C. – Palm Spring, CA
How important is a mentoring culture within a salon?
Having been a salon owner myself, I personally believe that mentoring and the mind-set that goes along with it is essential to the growth of any salon. Having a well-integrated learning and teaching culture based on the teamwork of the salon as a whole always makes for the best possible work environment.
Patrick D. – Oceanside, CA
How does your salon participate in mentoring?
Our salon has a great teaching environment for assistants and new hairdressers. Every established hairdresser is required to step up in some way to help strengthen and grow the next generation, which I think is great.
Micah S. – Seattle, WA
What are ways someone can be a mentor?
Offering regular education in the salon and making sure to personalize some of it just to new stylists is a good place to start.
Kerri C. –Baton Rouge, LA
To take the time to explain a cut or color technique to someone who needs the help. This sort of one-on-one teaching is the best way to pay it forward.
Craig C. – Alexandria, VA
I make it a point to talk at my local high school on career day and sometimes donate my time at job fairs or at local beauty schools and community colleges. It feels great to donate the time and help others who may have an interest in our field.
Ashley M. – Stamford, CT
How do you decide whom to mentor?
I am happy to donate my time and to take someone under my wing, but I need to know that they will respect my time and be thankful for the gesture. To find the right person, I watch new salon professionals and look for that special spark of interest that goes above any beyond the rest.
Sandi C. – Phoenix, AZ
How do you know that your mentoring efforts are working?
We’ve had many salon receptionists go on to beauty school because of the exposure to the business on a daily basis. I’d like to think that some of that decision was prompted by one or more mentors who saw the interest and nurtured it.
Stephanie C. – Silver Springs, MD
How has mentoring helped you personally?
I got into the business because of a salon owner who donated their time to take me to a few hair shows. They even let me come in to their salon after hours to show me some basic cuts in the very beginning. They helped me enroll in beauty school, to pass the state board and even gave me my first assisting job. I am forever grateful to my mentor and have passed the torch to several others in her honor.
Jessica M. – Ogden, UT
Now it’s your turn… What has mentoring meant to you?