Do you need help finding the right gift to say thank you to employee, vendor, or customer team members from your business organization for a recognition program you are planning or as a way of celebrating the holiday season? If yes, then consider what your team gift needs to say and whether you want to give a single present or a gift basket containing multiple items. Second decide if it should it be a gift to the whole team or something given to each member of the team? Lastly, determine if the gift should have practical, unique, or fun characteristics or some combination of those.
Fun gifts let the team know it is ok to take a break from what may be tedious work or a stressful situation occasionally. Taking a break can increase future productivity because a few minutes relaxing can often revitalize everyone. If you also want to insert fun into this break time, it can increase both group and individual creativity and serve as a motivator to accomplish a better job on whatever project is at hand. Fun items you can consider are playing cards to use in the break room, team toys or stress squeezers to use during long meetings to encourage creativity, or a book of team-building games or activities as meeting starters. Fun can also be a gift that allows the team members to interact outside of work and build their relationships with one another. This outside activity could be something like passes to a game the whole team might enjoy, or tickets to a local concert, or a group gift card for dinner at a local restaurant.
Unique office supplies also make great team member gifts. Unique means something they can��t normally get out of their office supply cabinet. It may be well worth the time you may need to spend perusing the local office supply store to find something unique and within budget. The uniqueness of the gift will show the team that an effort was made to find something only those specially recognized for their team contribution would have within the organization. If a unique item can not be found, then if a standard office item is selected make the item seem more unique by having the team name put on it. If it is an appreciation gift at the end of a long project, then put the project team name and the project timeline �C start date to expected completion. If you are really stuck for a unique gift idea, consider T-shirts or golf shirts with the team name and logo. These shirts can be both practical and fun depending on the way in which they are presented to the tea m members.
Often team gifts are practical and include work related items, food, or personal items such as a coffee mug. A nice touch to giving a coffee mug is it allows you to make individual miniature gift baskets for each team member by placing several small items in the mug, then wrapping it in cellophane and tying a bow on it along with a note of the recipient��s name and when/why they are receiving the gift. If the gift basket is to be office supplies or work items for the whole team, consider putting several items the team may need in a bucket, tote bag, or plastic container they can use for transporting the materials in the future rather than placing them in a cardboard box or paper bag. Another practical idea for including in team gift baskets is a business book that helps members with their team or project roles. Example book topics include time management, goal setting, process mapping, meeting management, delivering presentations, project management, and team-b uilding.
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