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Christmas time at the salon means all hands on deck! Staff really are expected to step up at this time of year meaning that their stress levels may well be on the increase. All of the extra pressures can sometimes lead to demotivation, but a great way to ensure alleviation and to prevent this is through incentivising staff! Not all salon owners who are starting out can offer commission on their products but we’ve come up with a great way to highlight your appreciation for your employees’ effort and hard work all year- End of Year Awards!!
First let’s address some of the most important awards and remember to insert your own “gift” to what you can afford! We’ve gone with a top three as an example but you can adapt this depending on what your salon achieves.
A great way to incentivise staff throughout December is to enlist everyone into a competition. Tell staff they will all be entered into a competition where their colleagues will nominate them for who deserves the ‘Outstanding Service’ award! Nominations will be counted up on Xmas Eve and the winner will win; (insert your gift here) a weekend away in a luxury B&B at the Lake District for themselves and a +1!
Another award could be for the most ‘Profitable Stylist’. You could use your salon software provider to delve into each staff member’s takings, both for products and services. This is a great one because it encourages staff to push as many retail products and gift sets as they can throughout the lead up to Christmas. A (insert prize here)cash bonus prize is a great incentive for this or maybe a night at the theatre and dinner at a scrumptious local restaurant.
For the one who ‘Always exceeds their target’, why not send them on a (insert gift here)spa weekend to give thanks for their efforts month on month to always hit and exceed their goals. Praise and recognition towards staff is such an underrated company value and can impact positively throughout the entire business, so you don’t just have to offer expensive prizes to your profitable stylists. Ensure everyone is awarded at least one gift! Some ideas are as listed below along with prize ideas!
‘Stressed out Sally Award’- A massage or a Jo Malone candle!
‘Clumsiest Clown Award’- A good luck charm bracelet!
‘Pretty Perfectionist Award’- 2 x MAC lipsticks.
‘Always on the phone!’- Selfie stick or personalised phone case!
‘Biggest Smile Everyday’- A big bunch of flowers.
‘Miss Agony Aunt Award’- winter warmer gifts like tea mask and chocolates!
‘Most Creative Hair Do’- An I-O-U voucher for their next hairstyle change!
Miss Clean Freeeeak’- A mani/pedi to recover those tired Cinderella hands and feet!
‘Miss Always Early’- An entire weekend off work!
As you can see with some of the above gifts, rewards don’t always have to cost an arm and a leg. For your “funny awards”, we recommend offering little gifts which match the title of the award or personality of your employee. If you really can’t afford to offer to get your team individual pressies then how about a Christmas lunch or party? This doesn’t have to be anywhere fancy and you can go to your local ‘Revolution’ for a 3 course Christmas Dinner from just £18 per head! If that fails then a Christmas card written from the heart is always a great gift to receive. A few nice words to show how much you are appreciated and how your efforts have contributed to business over the last 12 months never goes a miss!
We hope our ideas help!
Salon Tracker x
