How many hours a day do you spend in your salon?
You do the roster, you order the stock, you handle complaints, and sometimes you even serve customers yourself.
1. Your staff could do all of this, just not as well as you
You won't let go because staff don't do it as well as you. The roster has mistakes, stock gets over-ordered, complaints aren't handled as smoothly.
But "not as well as you" doesn't mean "can't do it". If you never let go, they'll never learn.
2. Every hour of yours has a more valuable use
Every hour you spend on rosters, stock orders and complaints is an hour you don't spend looking at the numbers, improving your packages or talking to partners.
Only the owner can do these things, and they're what actually grows the business.
Your manager can't grow into the role while you're still standing in it.
3. Do this today: count your hours this week
- Write it down. What did you do each day this week, and roughly how many hours did each take?
- Split it in two. What could staff do (rosters, stock orders, complaints, serving customers), and what can only you do (reviewing numbers, improving packages, partnerships, developing your manager)?
- Hand off one thing a week. Pick one task staff could do and give it to your manager. Look only at the result, and stay out of the process.
Conclusion: step back so the salon can grow
A busy owner doesn't mean a growing salon. Hand off what staff can do, and you'll have time for what only you can do.
CCS Plus sends you sales and staff performance on WhatsApp every night, and staff can schedule their own rosters for a manager to confirm, so you know how the salon is doing even when you're not there. Book a 30-minute Demo and we'll show you using your real situation.
CCS Plus Consulting Team