The first annual Team-Based Pay Awards were held September 27, 2015 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL. The awards ceremony ran concurrently with Strategies Team-Based Pay Conference at the same location.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Industry icon, Ann Bray (2014 International Hairstylist of the Year / Hunger Games), was the keynote speaker at the award ceremony. Ann told her story of how Team-Based Pay not only saved her family's salon, but also helped it become profitable and debt free. “I went from working all the time and not taking a paycheck, to not working at all and still taking a paycheck,” said Bray. “And I owe that all to Team-Based Pay.”

The 2015 Team-Based Pay Award winners:

Productivity Award: Rituals Salon & Spa, Midlothian, VA. Owners Sheri and Pete Polignone.

Profitability Award: Vivesque, Lehi, UT.

Staff Retention Award: Bii Hair Salon, West Dundee, IL. Owners Adam Swanlund and James Gartner

Customer Loyalty Award: Urban Salon Team, Burlington, VT. Owner Stacey Hamblett.

Coach's Choice Award: Pure Energy, Montclair, NJ. Owner Jennifer Bobal


Best Culture Shift Award: Allure Designs in Beauty, Libertyville, IL. Owner Shelly Malizola.

Best Turn Around Award: Therapeutic Kneads, Highland Park, IL. Owner Sandy Saldano.

TBP No-Compromise Leadership Award: Salon 01, Carmel, IN. Owners Micki and David Stirsman. Vice President, Christi Dee.