6 ways to promote wellness in your salon
By Sophie Nutt | 27 February 2020 | Expert Advice, Feature
Liz McKeon, beauty business expert, reveals six ways to promote wellness in your salon business…
Liz McKeon
- “Conduct health ‘wish list’ assessments. Create surveys that let employees share their health ‘wish list’. Such polls can include questions on topics like nutrition and exercise, while also asking how the business can support employee health goals. The more feedback you receive, the better you can plan your year around the employees’ needs, whether it’s sleep and stress management or healthy cooking and eating.
- Establish a healthy environment. Consider offering healthy food and beverage choices as a standard part of the workplace environment. The key is to offer healthy options only.
- Select wellness champions. Sometimes, all it takes is one inspiring, supportive person to positively influence others. These wellness champions can encourage co-workers, lead programming and promote wellness tips that have gotten results. Their success will motivate the team to participate and stick with it.
- Encourage a stretch start at every meeting. Studies show that you get better blood flow to your muscles during stretching and everyone can do that no matter what age they are or their physical capability. This gives your team the chance to take a minute and breathe. Not only will the meeting be more efficient, but you have set the tone that you value everyone’s health.
- Reward what matters. When employees take a 15-minute group walk, incentivise that. People aren’t always motivated by money. Recognition can come in many form, such as the special parking space, an extra holiday day, a Saturday off.
- Once healthy behaviours have been implemented throughout the salon, your participation is critical. If team members see you drinking water, talking about health goals and taking stretch breaks, it signals to them that ‘we’re in this together’. A healthier workplace means everyone wins!
Read more about how to create an environment of wellness in the February issue of Scratch.