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From Best Culture Shift to the Profitability Award, eight salons sweep up awards at Strategies' 2019 Team Based Pay Conference 2019.
October 4, 2019
Strategies' Neil Ducoff looks on as Pooran Okhovat and the team from Poza Salon in Charlotte, North Carolina, accept the award for No-Compromise Leadership Business of the Year award.
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The fifth annual Team-Based Pay Awards were held in late September at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The awards ceremony ran concurrently with Strategies’ Team-Based Pay Conference 2019 at the same location, and were sponsored by Kopsa Otte.
Strategies created the Team-Based Pay Awards to celebrate and honor the superior performance and financial successes of salons, spas and medspas that are currently using Strategies Team-Based Pay compensation program.
"These awards were created to recognize the hard work and successes of the best and brightest Team-Based Pay salon/spa operations. They are a shining example of what can be accomplished when the systems, leadership and team are all team focused, and not I/me/mine focused. It was an absolute honor to showcase these eight inspiring success stories during this year’s Team-Based Pay Conference,” says Eric Ducoff, Strategies’ vice president.
Entrants were required to answer essay questions for each of the eight award categories, as well as provide profit & loss statements, balance sheets, cash-flow plans and broadbands for each department.
The 2019 Team-Based Pay Award winners:
Best Turn-Around Award
Mary Kate & Company – Wichita, KS
Owners: Mary Kate Denton & Rebecca Smith
Best Culture Shift Award
Omagi SalonSpa – Louisville, KY
Owner: Marian Sang
Productivity Award
Natural Remedies Spa – Vienna, WV
Owners: Bill & Linda Moore
Profitability Award
Shine Hair Color & Design Studio – Columbia, SC
Owner: Laura Pinkas
Staff Retention Award
Blush Salon Spa – Fargo, ND
Owner: Lacey Spaulding
Customer Loyalty Award
Viriditas Beautiful Skin Therapies – Providence, RI
Owner: Laurie Neronha
Coaches’ Choice Award
A New Beginning – Bethel, CT
Owner: Carol Romer
TBP No-Compromise Leadership Business of the Year
Poza Salon – Charlotte, NC
Owner: Pooran Okhovat
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