Planning “The Great Crossover”

One of the major milestones in a stylist’s life is the day they make “The Great Crossover” from being a single-tasking one-client-at-time booker to a multitasking double-client Boomer Booker!

This crossover is such a huge step that many Level 3 stylists refuse to make it. Some will even quit the salon they work in and go rent a chair or work somewhere else if anyone tries to force them to make the change. They figure that the pressure to perform isn’t worth the payoff.

It’s easy for a stylist to rationalize avoiding the crossover. They might say: “I don’t want to rush my clients. I don’t want to be a machine. I want to focus on quality.” Of course these things are important, but they do not have to be at the expense of multitasking. There are many doublebooking hairdressers who give clients a great experience. They just had to step up their game in order to do so.

Crossover releases so much fear for good reason. A multitasking stylist must stay focused, keep track of more variables, master better technical skills, pay attention to timing, and retrain their clients who are used to undivided attention. However, the crossover is an absolutely necessary step for a stylist’s career success.

It takes extraordinary courage and skill to “cross over” but for those who do, the financial dynamite goes boom!

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