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How great would it be to get up close and personal with the beauty industry heroes we love and admire, and to ask them: how did you learn to do what you do? I’m Chris Baran, a hairstylist and educator for 40 plus years, and I’m inviting all our heroes to chat and share the secrets of their success.

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    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

How great would it be to get up close and personal with the beauty industry heroes we love and admire, and to ask them: how did you learn to do what you do? I’m Chris Baran, a hairstylist and educator for 40 plus years, and I’m inviting all our heroes to chat and share the secrets of their success.

    Blair Singer (Repost)

    Blair Singer (Repost)

    My guest this week is my mentor, my teacher, and my friend. He has trained hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and is a best selling author. He is a huge role model in my life - Blair Singer!
    Blair describes meeting Chris, and how Chris was a little skeptical about the training, and how quickly Chris changed his tuneWe don’t have to listen to the chatter in our mind telling us we can’t do something. There are proven techniques that help tame that little voice A favorite quote of Blair’s: “We have a societal responsibility to teach; otherwise we won’t move ahead” The value of sharing your failures with your audience⭐️⭐️⭐️

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    • 1 hr 20 min
    Lindsey Olson

    Lindsey Olson

    This week we have a formidable stylist. She is a global educator for Redken, a Sam Villa ambassador, and a member of the Redken/Mizani Texture Squad. She has won NAHA, and The Big Shot, and she is your L’Oreal Color and Styling winner. She is equally at home in salon seminars as she is on the main stage in front of thousands. Here is Lindsey Olson!
     
    • Falling into the industry, and her experience with education-driven salons (0:00)
    • Balancing creativity and simplicity in the beauty industry (12:23)
    • Working with diverse hair textures (16:52)
    • The impact of competition on a stylist’s career growth (29:07)
    • Education, growth, and helping others in the beauty industry (43:33)
    • Industry challenges, personal struggles, and career highlights (1:00:39) 
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    ✅ Save time and learn what works from people just like you
    ✅ Get back to your mission of building the salon business and creating more jobs


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    Join our FB group - https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining
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    • 1 hr 11 min
    Giovanni Giuntoli

    Giovanni Giuntoli

    He is a top editorial stylist frequently to be found on set, styling for top magazines like Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Lucky, and Oprah Magazine. He’s a go-to artist at New York Fashion Week and a lead stylist in the bridal business. He’s a Redken International Artist, an entrepreneur, and the creator of Tear Sheets. He’s also a good friend, and it’s been too long since I last spoke to him. Please welcome Giovanni Giuntoli.
     Giovanni slipped into the hair business completely by accident, striking up a conversation with a salon owner while serving him ice cream at Baskin Robbins. It led to a summer job at the salon and then straight on to beauty school.
     Giovanni wanted to share his wealth of editorial and fashion experience. He saw that many talented hairstylists wanted to break into editorial work but had no idea how. He created Tear Sheets to provide them with the education they needed, including how to get hired for fashion shoots.
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    Check out more episodes and the videos at https://chrisbaran.com/podcast
    ⭐️ Join our FREE Facebook community for Salon Team Trainers today. https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining


    ✅ Exclusive content on how to implement and scale your salon training the easy way
    ✅ Save time and learn what works from people just like you
    ✅ Get back to your mission of building the salon business and creating more jobs


    Learn more here - https://bit.ly/trainersplaybook
    Join our FB group - https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining
    Follow us on IG - https://instagram.com/coachchrisbaran

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Damien Carney (repost)

    Damien Carney (repost)

    This week my guest Headcase is a multi award winner, International Stylist of the Year, British Hairdressing Award winner, and NAHA winner. He was lead stylist for American’s Next Top Model. I could go on and on! I’m so pleased to sit down with Damien Carney and hear about his career. 


    ⁃After years as a successful stylist, Damien felt something was missing. So he decided to chuck it all and go work for Trevor Sorbie and completely retrain as a stylist.


    ⁃He shares the most powerful wisdom he gained from working with Trevor Sorbie 


    ⁃Damien believes that what you put into this life is what you get out of it


    ⁃Learn what made Damien decide to pick up his own camera and begin shooting for other stylists
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    ✅ Exclusive content on how to implement and scale your salon training the easy way
    ✅ Save time and learn what works from people just like you
    ✅ Get back to your mission of building the salon business and creating more jobs


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    Join our FB group - https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    John Mosley

    John Mosley

    I’m excited to welcome to Headcases an ambassador for Andis, SalonCentric, Feather, Vagaro, and for L’Oreal Texture of Change. He is a barber extraordinaire and a celebrity hairdresser. He won NAHA Educator of the Year. He started the “Popular Nobody” brand to mentor hair artists, musicians, and people in the movie industry. He’s been published in GQ, New York Times, Style, British Vogue, and the cover of Billboard Magazine. I’m thankful for the opportunity to chat with my guest John Mosley.
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    Check out more episodes and the videos at https://chrisbaran.com/podcast
    ⭐️ Join our FREE Facebook community for Salon Team Trainers today. https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining


    ✅ Exclusive content on how to implement and scale your salon training the easy way
    ✅ Save time and learn what works from people just like you
    ✅ Get back to your mission of building the salon business and creating more jobs


    Learn more here - https://bit.ly/trainersplaybook
    Join our FB group - https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining
    Follow us on IG - https://instagram.com/coachchrisbaran

    • 57 min
    Jay Williams

    Jay Williams

    You’re going to love this week's guest. He is an executive coach who helps leaders at every level from small business to Fortune 500 companies to achieve their goals. He will help you shift your thinking and get you to the truth. He's written two books and I absolutely recommend them both. A hearty Headcases welcome to Jay Williams.
    • find him online at jaywilliamsco.com
    • Jay started out in the beauty industry working for Bumble and Bumble; first in sales, and later in their business school.
    • Jay’s background is in leadership training and that’s where his passion is. He strives to make everything simple, executable, and universally applicable.
    • Jay says that feedback doesn’t have to be the F-bomb. It can be neutral: neither good nor bad, but simply actionable information and data.
    • For a leader or effective communicator, conflict resolution requires understanding of the intention behind the conflict.
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    Check out more episodes and the videos at https://chrisbaran.com/podcast
    ⭐️ Join our FREE Facebook community for Salon Team Trainers today. https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining


    ✅ Exclusive content on how to implement and scale your salon training the easy way
    ✅ Save time and learn what works from people just like you
    ✅ Get back to your mission of building the salon business and creating more jobs


    Learn more here - https://bit.ly/trainersplaybook
    Join our FB group - https://facebook.com/groups/salonteamtraining
    Follow us on IG - https://instagram.com/coachchrisbaran

    • 1 hr 23 min

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Love these interviews!

I look forward to hearing the stories each week, it feels like I’m being included in on fun, casual conversation with beauty industry icons!

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