Above The Line with Sharon Mudgett

Being an effective retail professional begins with listening! We have to be able to listen to the client's wants and offer suggestions that help them.  Join Sharon Mudgett as she discusses the importance of applying active listening skills to the retail process and how every stylist can benefit from the art of active listening.  

How do we bring out the best in us?  What is it that we need to understand to achieve the success we want? Join Sharon Mudgett and learn about the different areas we can explore to reinforce communication with customers and bring back some control into our learning and empower our growth and career!

Get ready for Season 3 of Above the Line!

In this season, We are going to focus on the empowering soft skills, or interpersonal skills needed to succeed in our industry.

Join Sharon Mudgett for the Above The Line Season Finale as she interviews professional photographer, salon owner, and founder of American Crew, David Raccuglia.  Listen as David discusses his career, his life as a barber and hairstylist. Learn about his journey to become an industry icon and where he found his inspiration to change the grooming world that continues to motivate him today.

Join Sharon as she explores different ways to become the customer’s hair advocate. She will discuss how we can move our mindset with an emphasis on the importance of going back to knowing and understanding the basics. By strengthening our foundational knowledge and building up our confidence, we can step up to our role as the hair expert.

The hair industry is facing a stylist shortage as we have never seen before. Salons and stylists across the country are faced with stress, exhaustion, and difficulty finding their value. Join Sharon Mudgett as she talks with Jen Planck, TIGI international motivational speaker, salon owner, and stylist behind the chair, as she coaches stylists, managers, and salon owners on ways they can change their approach to teamwork to become a cohesive team.

At a time where it seems as though the pressure to perform is always on, more and more people are admitting to experiencing burnout in the workplace. Join Sharon Mudgett as she talks about what this phenomenon is, its effects, and ways you can cope with it if it happens to you.

The pandemic has brought many challenges to the industry that we are all experiencing. Join Sharon as she explores this collective trauma and how we can achieve personal healing through simple practices to fill our personal cups, for our body, mind, and emotional health to help us stand behind the chair with confidence and a new outlook.

Hello Friends,

Join me for the 2^nd season of the Above the Line podcast. I will be interviewing Icons in our industry and hear their motivating stories of success, talk to fellow stylists and barbers as they share their tales of accomplishments, and offer tools for personal growth and development.

You don't want to miss this season!

In this special season finale episode, Sharon interviews Randy Ferman, owner and founder of Shark Fin Shears. They talk about the history of Shark Fin, Randy’s outlook and life philosophy, and what makes the hair industry so special. You won’t want to miss this!