{"id":444,"date":"2018-05-02T19:40:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T02:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seat.style\/?p=444"},"modified":"2018-05-02T19:40:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T02:40:46","slug":"styleseats-ceo-speaks-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styleseat.com\/blog\/styleseats-ceo-speaks-up\/","title":{"rendered":"StyleSeat\u2019s CEO Speaks Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sexual advances and harassment from clients is common in the beauty industry and&nbsp;for female business owners, this can be a particularly difficult obstacle to overcome. Our founder and CEO,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melody\/\">Melody McCloskey<\/a>, strongly believes in empowering entrepreneurs, in particular women, who may face unique challenges like these in the workplace. Melody recently shared her thoughts with TIME and spoke about her commitment to fighting sexism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><em>\u201c&#8230;as a female founder and CEO, if I don\u2019t do something about this, then who will?\u201d<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start, she stresses the importance of setting a standard of zero tolerance for this type of behavior within your company. The StyleSeat team is more than 50% female, and it is important to her that everyone feels respected and treated equally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She urges female executives to start mentoring young women early in their career and asks everyone to be better at supporting female business owners by \u201cpatronizing their operations and being good customers who return and refer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have thoughts on sexism and harassment in the workplace? We\u2019d love to know how these topics affected your business. Email&nbsp;<b><strong><a href=\"mailto:socail@styleseat.com\">socail@styleseat.com<\/a><\/strong><\/b>&nbsp;to share your story.<br \/>\nClick&nbsp;<b><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/5047710\/silicon-valley-sexism\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/b>&nbsp;to read the full TIME article.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking for tools to help you run your business? Try&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.styleseat.com\/join?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_content=StyleSeatsCEOSpeaksUp\">StyleSeat<\/a>&nbsp;<b><strong>here. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For industry tips, check out these articles:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.styleseat.com\/blog\/how-to-get-clients-when-youre-new-in-town\">How to Get Clients When You\u2019re New in Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.styleseat.com\/blog\/should-i-charge-for-no-shows-and-late-cancellation\">Should I Charge for No-Shows and Late Cancellations?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.styleseat.com\/blog\/get-clients-to-book-you-online\">Get Clients to Book Online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexual advances and harassment from clients is common in the beauty industry and&nbsp;for female business owners, this can be a particularly difficult obstacle to overcome. 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