Creative HEAD Ireland January 2019

up to career options. Members of the Lloyds team go into
schools and discuss business ideas with young people,
working together on projects outside of the salon. And the
Annual Breast Cancer Fundraiser is a fixture of the Lloyds
calendar, bringing the salon together with a common goal.
The team works for donations, and has so far raised nearly
€15,000 for Waterford Breast Cancer Support Group. “The
rewards are immeasurable. It strengthens our bonds, which
makes our salon an even better place to work, it motivates us
all and makes us feel good,” Danielle adds.
Feeling good is imperative to the Lloyds lifestyle.
Positivity Post-Its are displayed to remind staff of their
greatness, and regular pizza nights are an essential
opportunity for getting things off their chest. Then there’s
the Team Wellness Programme, which provides support from
an outside expert, covering stress, anxiety management
and cognitive behaviour therapy. It’s compulsory for all
trainees to attend at least once a year, but all team members
are encouraged to take part. “We originally came up with
the concept to help the team deal with the general stresses
of salon life – let’s face it, salons can be very stressful – and
it has had a hugely positive effect on how we communicate
with each other,” adds Danielle.
After such challenging times, Danielle and Tony were
unsure whether to enter the Most Wanted Awards in 2018,
but in the end made the decision to do it for the team. “After
everything my head wasn’t in the game to do the entry, but
I owed it to them – this is the one award that we enter as a
team,” Danielle says. “I always felt that if I wasn’t there, as
a day-to-day part of the team, then things would falter – but
I know now through heart-breaking circumstances that
that’s not true. It’s how we function as a group that makes
us a Supreme Team.”
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CREATIVE HEAD IRELAND