Increase job satisfaction and productivity by showing appreciation to your employees. Use these memorable and creative ways to recognize their hard work.
Team-Building Exercise
Divide your employees into random teams and provide them with a variety of office supplies and cardboard boxes. Give the teams a prompt, such as “build an animal,” and allow creativity to flow. Have everyone vote on the best creation and provide gifts like sweet treats for the winning team.
Breakfast on Wheels
Surprise your employees with a cart full of breakfast food that can be wheeled around the workspace and enjoyed. Give out customized tumblers and a fresh pot of coffee to fill it up with.
Ice Cream Social
Hold a friendly competition amongst employees and have them create new ice cream sundae recipes. Provide bowls, ice cream, and decorative toppings for employees to use. Have staff name and present their sundae creations and let everyone vote on their favorite dish. Present the winner with a customized fleece jacket.
Company Mascot
Energize your staff with a new team mascot. Recruit someone to dress up once a month, play some fun music, and pass out candy gift sets to employees when they come into work.
Noteworthy Appreciation
Surprise your staff with mini jotter and pen sets waiting for them on their desks in the morning. Be sure to write a unique note of appreciation for each employee on the first page of the notepad.
Parking Lot Party
Celebrate staff by staging a tailgate party in the work parking lot on a warm day. Make sure to keep an area of cars clear so you can set up grills, tables, and fun activities such as cornhole. Serve up food and drinks and give each employee a custom cooler to take home.
Office Stress Relief
Reward employees’ hard work with a day of relaxation. Hire a massage therapist to provide 10-minute back massages throughout the day. Set up the lounge area with bean bags, dim lighting, soft music, and some tea. Pass out adult coloring books for more meditative activities that employees can enjoy.
Appreciate In Style
Give out custom t-shirts for each employee to wear and enjoy on Appreciation Day. Gather your employees for a few words of inspiration and encouragement while handing out small gift sets to each employee.
Eat Around The World
Appreciate staff diversity and plan a luncheon of international foods designed by the suggestions of your employees. Decorate the dining area with maps and photos from around the world to display above the trays of food. Hand out custom lunch bags to employees so they can take home leftovers and enjoy.
Shower With Appreciation
Create a paper template of a raindrop for each employee and include a handwritten note of appreciation on each. Lay the template on each employee’s desk as well as customized umbrellas.
