If you’re a salon owner wondering why your best stylists are disengaging… whilst low performers coast… your reward system is the real problem.

In this episode of Tell Me About It, I break down why blanket rewards are destroying your workplace culture, killing staff motivation, and quietly driving your top performers out the door.

I’m sharing the uncomfortable truth about equality vs equity at work, why “treating everyone the same” isn’t actually fair, and how your reward structure might be breeding mediocrity (without you even realising it).

Tune in to hear about:

✅The real difference between equality vs equity in the workplace

✅Why high performers leave and underperformers stay

✅How poor reward systems create a toxic salon culture

✅The psychology behind motivation and performance at work

✅How to build performance-based rewards that actually motivate

✅Using KPIs, accountability, and transparency to retain top talent

This episode shows you how to build a high-performance team, improve staff retention, and create a culture where effort actually matters in your salon.

Key moments:

00:00:20 Blanket Rewards & Culture
00:02:00 Equality vs Equity
00:05:00 The ‘Communism in Business’ Effect
00:09:40 Why Top Talent Leaves
00:15:00 Teaching Teams to Coast
00:18:40 Learned Helplessness
00:21:00 Building Performance-Based Culture
00:24:00 Rewarding Contribution & Loyalty

Ready to stop funding mediocrity and start building a team that actually wants to perform? Listen now and discover the culture shift that could transform your business.

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