2026 SCHEDULE

Team growth doesn’t just happen. It’s guided and intentional.

Today’s workforce is motivated by more than just numbers, and the most effective leaders know how to align what matters most to their team with the way they perform, grow, and succeed as salon and spa professionals. This session explores how to create that connection, building stronger alignment between personal drivers and performance.

With a focus on practical application, you’ll discover fresh, engaging ways to energize your team around both goals and the behaviors that bring them to life, making accountability feel inspiring rather than forced.

At the core of it all is your role as a Growth Guide. The way you show up as a leader has the power to captivate, inspire, and ultimately drive sustainable growth across your team.

The Science of AND: Lead Yourself AND Your Team Without Running on Empty

You got into this industry because you love the craft AND the people. But somewhere between building your business, managing your team, and keeping up with everything changing around you, you stopped feeling like yourself. The passion is still there. So is the exhaustion.

Here's what no one told you: the patterns draining you at work are the same ones showing up at home. And they're not character flaws. They're survival strategies your nervous system learned a long time ago, strategies that worked then but are costing you now.

In this interactive session, Dr. Katie Pritchett draws on her research with 100 leaders and her background in neuroscience coaching to help you see your patterns clearly, interrupt them in real time, and lead with more energy than you thought you still had.

You'll walk away knowing:

• Your dominant survival pattern and why it made complete sense until now

• Why your nervous system is contagious and what that means for your team

• One thing you can do differently on Monday morning

This isn't a "calm down and push through" conversation. It's the biological piece that leadership development has been missing, and the beauty industry is ready for it.
Come ready to engage, reflect, and leave with something real.

Growth today requires both technology AND human connection. In this session, explore how salon and spa leaders can use AI to uncover opportunities, strengthen marketing, and create more consistent demand—while keeping people at the center of the experience.
You’ll learn how to:
    •    Use AI to identify growth opportunities and uncover patterns in guest behavior
    •    Turn reviews, local market insights, and business data into actionable marketing ideas
    •    Create campaigns that feel personal, elevated, and aligned with your brand
    •    Combine AI and human insight to scale communication without losing authenticity

Do you feel like you’re constantly struggling to keep your head above water? In today's demanding environment, mastering the sustainable and effective management of your attention, time, and money is the only way to move from frantic effort to genuine, lasting success. This workshop provides a clear, actionable framework for closing the execution gap and bringing your vision to fruition. 

Qnity coach, multi-location salon owner and work-life balance master, Sharah Madrone, will guide you through the essential elements of sustainable execution. You will learn how' to stop wasting your attention, time and money on low-return activities through Prioritization. Discover the keys to building simple, repeatable processes that scale your impact and protect your bottom line through Systemization. And understand the core elements required to drive high performance and safeguard your investment over the long term, by Sustaining Momentum. Leave this session with a practical approach to systemize your work, empower your team, and ensure your strategic vision consistently delivers results.