Words Behind the Work
Collected recognitions from anonymous awards and nominations shared by teammates and leaders over the years.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to work alongside some incredible people. These anonymous nominations were submitted for internal recognition programs - each one a moment that I deeply value. Here’s what they had to say.
2020 WELLA NORTH AMERICA EDUCATION AWARDS
“Galin coaches his team with such consistency and passion! Thank you, Galin, for always being a mentor leading by example. I aspire to coach as well as you do, one day!"
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Over the past few years I have gotten to know Galin very well. He is very dedicated and has been a huge mentor to me and he continues to ensure my growth and success with the company.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is an incredible coach and has inspired me from day one. Galin was my first evaluator as a Trainer on the Sebastian Design Team, where he gave me numerous tips and tricks on how to be a better educator. Many years later, I find myself on the same team with him and could not be more proud. Galin is always contributing to our Capability group chat with incredible ideas. His knowledge and technical abilities are something to be emulated.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
Galin is passionate about development and growth with standards that inspire others. He has a unique way of delivering information and high expectations of others, so that they are willing to meet and exceed. His work on different training platforms draws even more people in to be educated and inspired. Galin has developed extremely strong connections with his team and education managers. Galin makes sure his Trainers are receiving ongoing training and work-withs and is growing the business through education and sales collaborations.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is an excellent example of a passionate person and an embodiment of a coach. He tackles every training and presentation with excellence. He received the highest ratings this season form trainers. He manages the largest team of Brand Educators and delivers on his coaching expectations 100%.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Galin continually goes above and beyond. He is always available to our Brand Educators, and workd diligently to make sure they have the training they need, and that he gets face time with them when he is in our markets. He attends phone calls with my Account Manager partners to showcase how he can help open new doors, and to help with technical questions on new initiatives. Salons often call after he has been in to rave about his expertise and personality. He is always open to trying to things when he comes to my markets, and goes above adn beyond to communicate with teh customer and follow up after seminars”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is so passionate for our team and our brand educators. He is always striving to find a better way to meet the needs of our team, and always making sure we are able to touch as many salons, stylists, and brand eduacators as possible. He calls every week to wish the team a Happy Friday, and make sure the team has everything they need and is staying inspired.”
Heart & Soul Of The Year Nominee
“Galin comes with an incredible amount of experience, knowledge and talent, and is an invaluable asset to the Field Signature Artists team. Brand Educators look to him as a leader and admire his expertise, consistency and heart”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
2018 WELLA NORTH AMERICA EDUCATION AWARDS
“Galin is always so passionate about helping grow our team (coworkers as well as brand educators). He is never hesitant to provide positive or constructive feedback that will enable an educator to grow. As well, Galin sets an extremely high standard for our techniques and standards, he is a natural leader in this area.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Galin’s ability to inspire others and build up the education family, salon network and his team mates is priceless. Anytime I am in the field and hear of Galin being in the salon, its nothing but raving reviews.”
Most Inspiring Of The Year Nominee
“He is excellence in skills is 2nd to none and he is always willing to lend a hand and help come up with some great ideas”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin has consistently shown excellence in his craft. He has facilitated a Brand Educator training at every Field trip he has scheduled in his market. He showed excellence in his assistance in our new training videos as well as ls leading the new design to the BE on boarding processes. He has over a 78% conversion rate on prospecting demo’s and is consistently offering up new ideas to help our full time team BE Team and sales team grow there expertise in our products. I have never met anyone as driven and dedicated to training others to be the best of there ability.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is so passionate for our team and our brand educators. He is always striving to find a better way to meet the needs of our team, and always making sure we are able to touch as many salons, stylists, and brand eduacators as possible. He calls every week to wish the team a Happy Friday, and make sure the team has everything they need and is staying inspired.”
Heart & Soul Of The Year Nominee
“Galin comes with an incredible amount of experience, knowledge and talent, and is an invaluable asset to the Field Signature Artists team. Brand Educators look to him as a leader and admire his expertise, consistency and heart”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is always thinking about our team and how he can help the Brand Educators, as well as the salons. He looks for ways to grow the Brand Educators' skills and is always ready to listen to any idea that we might have to make things better.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin continually goes above and beyond. He is always available to our Brand Educators, and workd diligently to make sure they have the training they need, and that he gets face time with them when he is in our markets. He attends phone calls with my Account Manager partners to showcase how he can help open new doors, and to help with technical questions on new initiatives. Salons often call after he has been in to rave about his expertise and personality. He is always open to trying to things when he comes to my markets, and goes above adn beyond to communicate with teh customer and follow up after seminars”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
2017 WELLA NORTH AMERICA EDUCATION AWARDS
“Galin is always so passionate about helping grow our team (coworkers as well as brand educators). He is never hesitant to provide positive or constructive feedback that will enable an educator to grow. As well, Galin sets an extremely high standard for our techniques and standards, he is a natural leader in this area.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is always thinking about our team and how he can help the Brand Educators, as well as our customers. He looks for ways to grow the Brand Educators' skills and is always ready to listen to any idea that we might have to make things better.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin has consistently shown excellence in his craft. He has facilitated a Brand Educator training at every Field trip he has scheduled in his market. He showed excellence in his assistance in our new training videos as well as ls leading the new design to the BE on boarding processes. He has over a 78% conversion rate on prospecting demo’s and is consistently offering up new ideas to help our full time team BE Team and sales team grow there expertise in our products. I have never met anyone as driven and dedicated to training others to be the best of there ability.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin’s ability to inspire others and build up the education family, salon network and his team mates is priceless. Anytime I am in the field and hear of Galin being in the salon, its nothing but raving reviews.”
Most Inspiring Of The Year Nominee
“His excellence in skills is 2nd to none and he is always willing to lend a hand and help come up with some great ideas”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin continually goes above and beyond. He is always available to our Brand Educators, and workd diligently to make sure they have the training they need, and that he gets face time with them when he is in our markets. He attends phone calls with my Account Manager partners to showcase how he can help open new doors, and to help with technical questions on new initiatives. Salons often call after he has been in to rave about his expertise and personality. He is always open to trying to things when he comes to my markets, and goes above adn beyond to communicate with teh customer and follow up after seminars”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is so passionate for our team and our brand educators. He is always striving to find a better way to meet the needs of our team, and always making sure we are able to touch as many salons, stylists, and brand eduacators as possible. He calls every week to wish the team a Happy Friday, and make sure the team has everything they need and is staying inspired.”
Heart & Soul Of The Year Nominee
“Galin comes with an incredible amount of experience, knowledge and talent, and is an invaluable asset to the Field Signature Artists team. Brand Educators look to him as a leader and admire his expertise, consistency and heart”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
2016 WELLA NORTH AMERICA EDUCATION AWARDS
“Galin is deeply committed to his role as Field Education Capability Manager and passionate about leading curriculum development.”
Coach Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is always checking in to see how we can meet our goals, open new doors, and work with our sales partners to grow accounts bring in new brands. He has great communication with the team, and is an incredible coach to our Brand Educators. Galin is an education beast! So many relationships created and enhanced, he is so respected by the team for his commitment to education.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin has led multiple events this year. It is because of his training and leadership that the Brand Eeducators team, along with him, has grown and become successful.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin has truly supported not only his own region, but other regions as well. He has regularly volunteered to work in the SOUTH to support us in the absence of an FECM. He led the SOUTH Brand Educator Regional Training and owned/facilitated a BE onboarding for our new educators. We could not have done any of this without Galin this year.”
MVP Of The Year Nominee
“Galin has really shown his ability to grow this past year, which is an example to all of us. His commitment to excellence won over a sales team that previously didn't trust Education. He also has built a team of brand educators when the previous feedback was that "no one was interested.”
MVP Of The Year Nominee
“Galin's results are impressive, but most impressive is his personal growth in outlook. He is positive and shows himself to be a true leader.”
MVP Of The Year Nominee
“Galin works on many levels of the chains customers, he leads the HMS TTT, the Vidal Sassoon and Red Door team. He is always there to step in with support that can be directly with the customer or behind the scenes of planning. I seek out his insight and collaborate with him on several levels of planning and teaching in salons.
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin is willing to do whatever he can to make us the strongest team capability wise. His energy is magnetic.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee
“Galin has pushed consistently all year to be the strongest trainer he can be. He has gone out of his way to do multiple 1:1 trainings with our Brand Educators as well as help train where he can with our Field Education Business Managers. He has signed up for personal growth development classes on his own such as public speaking and speech classes to influence his own growth as well.”
Trainer Of The Year Nominee