Chapter 4

New salon: sign the lease first, or find the leader?

Tiệm mới cần mặt bằng trước, hay người đứng tiệm trước?

The chapter's question

What is my new salon manager allowed to decide?

Big idea

Whether the second salon stands or falls depends largely on one person, and that person must be chosen before signing the lease.

In this chapter

  1. Part 4.1

    Promote or Hire

    Where is someone from my existing team strong or weak against an outside hire?

  2. Part 4.2

    Three Months of Shadowing

    What must that person learn at the old salon before moving to the new one?

  3. Part 4.3

    Where Their Authority Ends

    Which decisions can they make without asking me?

  4. Part 4.4

    Pay Tied to What

    Which number at the new salon is their income tied to?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Second Salon is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Second Salon

  1. 1.Will a second salon double revenue, or double problems?
  2. 2.Do clients follow the salon, or the stylist they know?
  3. 3.Can great work make up for the wrong location?
  4. 4.New salon: sign the lease first, or find the leader?
  5. 5.When the new salon opens, does the first one slip?