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Innovative Spa Management

ILANA ALBErICo n CEo

Innovative Spa Management began offering the unique and valuable benefit of unlimited PTO to all salaried employees in 2014 and has seen incredible results .

“ We found that our highest producing managers took approximately 3.5 weeks of paid time off ,” says Ilana

Alberico , ISM ’ s CEO . “ Those who did not take enough were less productive , as well as those who took more . ISM provides our guests a relaxing environment to de-stress and we want to provide our associates with the same opportunity to take care of themselves ; this way we can promote selfhealth while implementing healing services .”

Offering unlimited PTO exemplifies the company ’ s focus on wellness and creates a trusting foundation with their associates . It is important to ISM that their associates have time to nurture their bodies , minds and relationships in order to be their best selves .

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the Milagro Spa & Salon

PAtrICIA LAuS n FouNdEr & CEo

Losing three spa team members in a twoyear period can seriously affect the moral and spirit of such a tight-knit group of people . To help the team cope , The Milagro Spa and Salon ’ s leadership team decided to host a smudging ceremony to help cleanse the mind , body , spirit and physical space of unwanted negative energies . This was a unique way to help the team through a very difficult time , to honor those they had lost , and to invite peace into their lives . “ It was a beautiful ceremony and the team was extremely appreciative ,” says Patricia Laus , founder and CEO of The Milagro Spa and Salon . “ The success of the event is hard to quantify in numbers , but there is a distinct difference in the feeling of the staff and the overall spa space .”

emerginC

IAN LIrENMAN n CEo & FouNdEr

emerginC has become an industry leader in promoting meaningful and sustainable environmental initiatives including tree planting , bee habitat restoration , and assisting in cultivating organic vegetable

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gardens . Their “ buy one , plant one ” tree planting program has led to successful plantings in Madagascar , Nepal and Mexico — where monarch butterflies winter . Over 200,000 trees were planted in one location , which restored 100 acres of land and provided jobs for villagers for 425 days .

Their emerginBees program has provided

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