PEOPLE PASSION PURPOSE podcast with host Nina L. Kovner

About PEOPLE PASSION PURPOSE podcast with host Nina L. Kovner

BUILDING & BREAKING with Nina L Kovner is a podcast about how brands are built, how trust is broken, and what it all means for salon owners, hairstylists, small business creatives and brands who give a damn. Each week, Nina takes you behind the scenes of brand strategy, leadership decisions, and real-world examples from inside and outside the beauty industry. With decades of experience building brands (and witnessing heartbreaking downfalls), Nina breaks down the moments that define a brand: the bold moves, the missed opportunities, the trust built, and lost. Whether you're leading a team, growing behind the chair, or navigating the noise of modern marketing, this podcast will help you slow down, get clear, and make aligned decisions that build trust and higher lifetime client and team value. No fluff. No BS. Just truth, context, and clarity from someone who's been behind the chair and inside the brands.

Publisher

Nina L. Kovner

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

7 Jan 2018

Latest episode

14 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 145 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Pro Beauty Brands: Trust, Brand Promises, and What Still Makes Them Professional

   Host Nina L. Kovner explores how professional beauty brands maintain trust and relevance by focusing on client expertise and experience, not just product distribution.

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   7 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Discernment: What 2026 Is Asking of Salons, Stylists, and Pro Beauty Brands

   Host Nina L. Kovner explores how discernment guides salons, stylists, and pro beauty brands toward trust and value in 2026.

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   11 Jan 2026

   GUEST EPISODE: A Conversation with Katie, The Walmart Hairstylist

   Host Nina L. Kovner interviews Katie, The Walmart Hairstylist, exploring how genuine care and consistency create a valuable client experience regardless of price point.

Inside a recent episode

Pro Beauty Brands: Trust, Brand Promises, and What Still Makes Them Professional

Published 14 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's about broken brand promises. And that's universal. No matter what brand you are, no matter what industry you're in, brand promises are such a huge part of the relationship between a brand and its customer, its client. So it's more of how decisions are made. and were or are or are not clearly communicated in a way that shows respect to beauty pros and honors their contribution to the growth of every single pro brand. And in the conversations that I've had over the years, that's really where, again, if we're looking at this through a macro lens, the majority of people, that's where the breakdown is happening. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

85 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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