With the shortage of labor in the spa industry, every manager seems to have a similar problem: finding the right candidates for open positions who will do the job well, bring excitement and fit within your existing team and culture.

A company’s culture is its personality. Culture defines the work environment and is made up of the company’s mission, values, ethics, expectations and goals.

In the month of April, 25 new members joined the International SPA Association. Among them are 17 spa members, six vendors, one student and one educator. Join us in welcoming our new members to the ISPA community!

Creating success for yourself can be difficult at times. The outside noise can sometimes be louder than our own thoughts and intentions. Joanna Garzilli helps her clients overcome the outside noise and inner demons to allow themselves to achieve their version of success. 

Leaders are not born; they are made. As an industry, we must work together to find the leaders among us and build them up to their full potential. There is no greater success story than taking the knowledge gained through experience and imparting it on the next generation of spa leaders. 

The May 2017 issue of the magazine for the spa professionals is now available online at pulse.experienceispa.com. Members who receive Pulse, be on the lookout as the print edition will be arriving in your mailbox soon.

The ISPA Academy was launched this month as a brand new member resource built to provide relevant information and educational resources to help spa professionals grow and make the most well-informed business decisions possible

March saw 34 new members join the International SPA Association. These new members include 18 vendors, 12 spa members, two service providers and one educator. Join us in welcoming our new members to the ISPA community!

We previously introduced you to our opening day keynote presenter, Amy Cuddy. Now that you know all about Amy, we’d like to introduce you to Daniel Pink, our day two keynote presenter for the 2017 ISPA Conference & Expo. Without further ado, let’s learn a little bit more about him.

As you may have heard, ISPA recently announced  social psychologist Amy Cuddy as the opening keynote speaker at the 2017 ISPA Conference & Expo coming up in October. This probably led to one of two reactions for you: “Amy Cuddy? I love her!” or, “Amy Cuddy? I may need to Google her!” Well we saved you the research and gathered some fast facts to help you get to know our opening keynote speaker.

Join us in welcoming the 16 new members of the International SPA Association who joined in February. These new members include six vendors, four spa members, three students and two service providers and one educator.

You or your company have never attended the annual ISPA Conference & Expo, but you’d like to, wouldn’t you? We know you probably have several questions about how to attend, or exhibit as a vendor company.  

ISPA is pleased to introduce 17 new members to the International SPA Association for the month of January 2017. These new members include seven spa members, two transitional members, three students, two vendors, two educators, and one service provider.

Leadership expert Simon Sinek closed the 2016 General Session with a compelling challenge to the ISPA community: “Every single person in this room has the opportunity to be the leader you wished you had. So make a choice. Be the leader you wished you had.”

If you think an ISPA membership experience consists of the annual Conference and little else, this could not be further from the truth. Your ISPA membership benefits extend well past one week in October and we’re here to share we’re here to share valuable ISPA resources at your fingertips that you may be missing out on.