How do you keep leading when your world changes overnight?

In this episode, we sit down with Prue Taylor, founder of Lady and The Hair, for a heartfelt conversation about love, loss, and the quiet strength it takes to keep showing up for your team while navigating deep personal grief.

From starting in a garage in Melbourne’s west to building a thriving two location salon, Prue shares the journey behind her business and the life experiences that shaped her leadership. When the sudden loss of her partner Damian changed everything, she had to find new ways to care for herself while continuing to support the team and clients who relied on her.

Inside this conversation we explore:

• Building a salon from a garage into two thriving locations
• Leading a 20 person team while navigating profound personal loss
• The emotional weight hairdressers often carry for their clients
• What the first year of grief can really feel like
• Learning when to step off the salon floor to honour healing
• How breathwork helped regulate the nervous system during overwhelming moments
• Simple ways salon teams can reset and support one another
• Creating services like extensions and hair loss solutions that restore confidence for clients
• Showing up honestly and vulnerably as a salon owner online

This episode is about more than business. It is about humanity, resilience, and the courage it takes to keep going when life does not unfold the way we expected.

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Ever felt your team lose its spark and slip into autopilot?

In this episode, we share how we recognised the shift early and led a full culture realignment: resetting standards, strengthening communication, and recommitting to people-first leadership. Between school drop-offs, travel, closures, and a packed calendar, this is how we brought clarity and momentum back to the salon floor.

This wasn’t about new colour formulas or more product training. The real shift came from mindset work, honest conversations, and a team willing to recommit out loud.

Inside this conversation:

• The early signs your team is drifting into autopilot
• What a true alignment reset looks like in practice
• Why training humans matters more than training technique
• The weekly leadership rhythm that protects culture
• How to repair behaviour quickly without drama
• Why mindset work lifted performance more than technical education
• Rebuilding energy during closures and sick leave
• The role of community in sustaining long-term culture

Strong culture isn’t accidental. It’s built through cadence, courage, and clear standards.

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Want a calmer start, clearer goals, and a team that actually owns the day? We break down our ten‑minute morning pump‑up that’s taken us from scattered huddles to a self‑led, high‑performing salon. It’s simple, fast, and designed to be implemented tomorrow without adding chaos to your diary.

We start with what changed everything: making the meeting paid, scheduled, and non‑negotiable. From there, we walk through each section of our board and why it works. Wins come first, with reasons that build confidence and recognition. Then a single shared focus aligns the team around today’s priority: rebooking before holidays, retail momentum, promo pushes, or content capture, so every touchpoint supports the target. Awareness flags the likely bottlenecks before they bite: stacked evenings, towel flow, stock, even a stylist’s sore back, so support can be planned rather than begged for at 5pm.

The heart of our system sits in the three daily tasks per person. These aren’t routine duties; they’re outcome‑based actions like home‑care goals, treatment upgrades, or content deliverables. We follow up the next morning with honest accountability and loud celebration, which turns individual effort into shared energy. Gratitude prompts deepen trust without getting fluffy, while a concise weekly task list keeps momentum steady between clients. And the love notes? They stay up all week and they change the room—public praise that makes people feel seen, safe, and ready to stretch.

You’ll hear real examples, the cadence we use, and the small details that drive results, including the 94% rebooking spike during Christmas week.

If you want the full framework, we also share how to access our Conscious Meetings course for team meetings, one‑on‑ones, front of house, and leadership rhythms.

Try the ten‑minute pump‑up tomorrow, then tell us what shifts first—energy, results, or both. If this helped, follow the show, share it with a salon owner who needs it, and leave a quick review so more teams can level up.

To follow our journey:
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@the_conscious_salon