Business coaching for the entrepreneurial individuals building a new salon
Personal business development for new salon owners

As a new Salon Owner are you facing these issues?

Ø How to begin?
Ø Writing a comprehensive business plan
Ø Writing 3 years financial projections
Ø Direction for getting the financing for your business.  What you need to take to the bank.
Ø Writing a strong mission and vision statement to reflect your new business
Ø Writing policies and procedure manuals insuring future success
Ø Tips on how to negotiate your lease
Ø Finding the best location for your business based on experience from other salon owners
Ø Not knowing how to fill your salon with stylists and customers
Ø Busy working behind the chair without time management

In our 12 short week program we will transform all of these issues into action allowing you to step into salon ownership without the concern of rather you are doing it right and setting yourself up for success rather than failure.  You do not have to make these all important decisions alone when we have qualified coaches to answer all of your issues and save you time and money. 

What is a coach?  A business coach understands first-hand how to put together a financially sound salon because we have done it ourselves. We help you build the salon of your dreams doing it right the first time eliminating stress of the unknown.

Who is your coach?  Senior Business Coach Gaye LeFebvre.  How better to navigate salon owners through purchasing or remodeling their salons than someone who understands from a first-hand experience the potentials pitfalls of operation of a business without a business plan.  10 years ago Gaye opened her first salon with no employees and no customers.  Within three years she expanded her business to 35 employees and $750,000 in total sales, (with an extraordinarily high ratio of 30 percent of this figure coming from retail sales).  Gaye has coached over 150 salon owners during the past four years.  Gaye provides sound business advisory services to salon owners seeking expanded growth through strategies

.What do we offer?   We help new salon owners that are in the process of starting a new business.   We provide you with the tools and answers you need in making all the decisions you need to make during the process of everything from setting up your business to getting the paperwork for the bank.

What is the process of coaching?  Our program is convenient.  Utilizing your home phone, your personal coach will walk you step-by-step through our 12 week program.  We keep you accountable to your new vision and your business goals.

Is the program tax deductible?  100% tax deductible.  This will be the smartest investment that you make for you new business.

Call today for your free sample coaching session which allows you to experience coaching at no cost. It is you opportunity to ask questions that you need a professional answer to.  Your coach will assess your needs and offer you extremely affordable terms to get involved with our 12 week program.  The cost is as small as a weave a week.  The action of building a business needs great thought and planning and you don't need to make these all important decisions on your own when there is help a phone call away.  Call toll free today (888)456-6665 or e-mail Salon@salonconsortium.com

Money Back Guarantee  When you proactively implement this course you will have all the tools you need to open a successful salon.  You will see at least a 20% increase in one year or your money will be refunded.  This program sounds great.  Unlike books, tapes, and seminars your personal coach will not let you fail.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT US…

"Gaye's business coaching has enabled me to take an objective view of our business and
discovering areas that needed systems.  I discovered coaching to be an encouraging relationship
that inspired me to take charge but to also let go.  I feel more like a leader than a slave to my business. "

Cheryl Keicher
West Linn Hairport, West Linn, OR

"Gaye continually impresses me.  Her thirst of knowledge enables business owners
To continually move forward in a proactive approach."
Michael Cole
Salon Development Corporate, St. Paul, MN

"Gaye, my business coach delivered as promised.  The program put together all of our loose ends in both management and marketing.  We wished we had contacted her  two years ago.  The program is the secret weapon for all salon owners"
Midge Huntington, Proprietor
Salon 2227, Palo Alto, CA

"I would recommend coaching to salon owners who don't know where to turn.
I personally implemented the 4 Steps I learned through the program and achieved substantial results."
Peggy Jacobi, Proprietor
New Horizons Hair Design, Portland, OR

"Business coaching provided a plan that trained our stylists to manage their business and market their skills.
I saw a 46% increase in services and a 12% increase in retail sales through our  one-on-one coaching."
Don Schendt, Owner
Trade Secrets, Tulsa Oklahoma

"I found out that coaching over the phone and having someone hold you accountable keeps you on your toes all week long.
I like the fact that I had some one personally guiding me thru the steps of making manuals and recapping on what
I have already known but was not applying.  It turns the light bulb on and gets you thinking."
Patty Harding, Owner
The Best Little Hair House, Simi Valley, CA

REFERENCES

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS:               NEW SALON OWNERS

Laurie Anderson Ashe                                            Allure et Beaute'
520 B Porismouth Ave                                            Marie Capes
Greenland, NH 03840                                             4951 Tamiami Trail North #8
(603) 430-9100                                                         Naples, FL 34103
                                                                                  (239)261-3929

Amy Davis
3591 Twin Oaks Drive                                           Virtual Image Salon
Napa, CA 94558                                                      Midge Huntington
(707)253-1051 Ext 109                                            104 Portola Road
                                                                             Portola Valley, CA 94028
                                                                                   (650) 851-5757

COMMISSIONED BASED SALONS:
Cache'Salon                                                                  New Horizons
Norma Reinoso                                                                Peggy Jacobi     
735 Highland Place                                                       3812 SE Division
San Dimas, CA  91773                                                   Portland, OR  97202
(626) 852-1128                                                              (503) 232-6002

Renaissance                                                                   Red Carpet
Martine Langsam                                                              Kim Livermo
2154 Fourth Street                                                        3780 Market Street, NE
San Rafael, CA  94901                                                    Salem, OR  97301
(415) 453-0225                                                                (503) 399-1317

SALON / RETAIL STORES:                               BOOTH RENTAL SALONS:

Trade Secrets                                                                   LaMason   
Jan Meilner – General Manager                                     Helen Arthur Owner
Don Schendt & Roy Schendt – Owners                         11308 Los Alamtos Blvd               
9930 S. 69^th E Avenue                                                   (562) 431-2501
Tulsa, OK  87695                                                           Los Alamtos,  CA
(918) 299-8320                                                             

                                                                                         Focal Point Salon
                                                                                        John & Misti Walker
                                                                                       424 NE Irving Ave
                                                                                       Bend, OR
                                                                                        (544) 385-7220

Profile:   Gaye LeFebvre, Senior Business Coach

Over the past 4 years, Gaye has worked with over 150 salon owners independent contractors and new salon owners.  In Gaye's 30– year career in the salon industry she had seen too many salons that were adrift in a sea of poor management skills and lacking of the knowledge that she could provide both the oars and the coaching to help these salons regain their momentum.  She has trained with dynamic people such as Michael Cole and Debbie Miller and has written 12 week programs for Business Coaching and The Next Generation, the practical guide for a stylist working behind the chair.

Gaye is the founder of Salon Consortium, a business-coaching firm based in Utah and had developed a program that today has revived many struggling salons.  Her coaching program has reached salons coast to coast and has been instrumental in her original quest of "saving salons".  Now working as an independent contractor, she is able to offer her program at huge discounts going directly to the public.

Her work has been featured in Modern Salon, Salon Today and California Stylist.

Prior to founding Salon Consortium, Gaye gained years of experience in the professional cosmetic industry as both consultant and national color educator.  Gaye's previous associations include A & D Beauty Supply and Italy Hair Fashions.  Her experience includes human resources, operational management, sales and customer service, inventory management, buying and marketing direction.

Who better to navigate salon owners through troubled and choppy waters than someone who understands from a first-hand experience the potential pitfalls of operation a business without a business plan?  10 years ago Gaye opened her first salon with no employees and no customers.  Within three years she expanded to two salons, 35 employees and $750,000 in total sales, (with an extraordinarily high ratio of 30 percent of this figure coming from retail sales).  Operating and managing two of the largest salons in the state was not simple task.  With the realization dawning that salon business advice wasn't readily available, Gaye conducted years of research on her own through expensive traveling to compile the data to create systems to manage rapid growth while maintaining and furthering her salon's corporate vision.

Following the divestment of her businesses, Gaye was ready for a new challenge: to take what she had painstakingly learned and create an innovative 12 week program to help others gain the same knowledge.  Gaye provides sound business advisory services to salon owners seeking expanded growth through strategies through one-on-one coaching, which is individually tailored.  By providing training in business management, personal management, recruiting systems, assistant training retail and marketing strategies, Gaye  is truly saving salons across the country.

Gaye is living her dream of residing in the mountains of Utah with her husband Randy.  Her two sons are grown and living on their own.