Business Owner? What To Get Your Employees This Holiday Season

Tis the season with a reason for shopping and sharing cheer with the office crew. Stocking stuffers or treats under the tree, what are the gifts that will surely please? Each year brings the challenge of solving the puzzle of the perfect gifts for employees. Nothing too personal and yet nothing too work oriented, the guidelines furnish a lot of information but not the solution. Read on for a few thoughts for thoughtful bosses who want to find just the right gifts for members of their office team.

Gift Cards
The array of gift cards available bring that gift to mind for many bosses as there seems to be one for most people. The key giving to gift cards is deciding whether to give everyone the same card, which leans toward the impersonal, or individualizing with different cards. Crucial to this decision is the time available for purchasing cards. Another consideration may be how to find the right fit for each individual worker. Recruiting some help from an employee able to offer insight into what might be good fits for team members can simplify gift card selection and make it a real hit with workers.

Personal Care
Gifts for personal care continue to expand as options answer a growing demand. The Art of Shaving abounds with manly gifts and can be found online or at a local retailer. For women, visit a local grocer or artisan market for handmade gifts of aromatherapy, soaps, and lotions.

Green Gifts
The holidays bring out the festive in all of us. Most businesses decorate for the season with some types of floral arrangements and plants that usually include poinsettias. Why not purchase poinsettias to spice up work spaces and then send them home with employees for the holidays. This is one way to give a green gift that helps the environment while enhancing holiday celebrations. Other plants dressed up for the holidays make nice gifts such as rosemary, small pine trees, holly, Christmas cactus, amaryllis, and mistletoe. Plants are festive gifts that truly keep on giving.

Healthy Fun
Most everyone enjoys time out on the town for fun activities such as bowling, putt-putt golf, or canoeing. Depending on locale, healthy outdoor activity options are exploding with the growing desire for fun ways to exercise. Finding local sites for activities and purchasing their gift certificates supports small businesses in your area as well as providing gifts that your employees can enjoy with their family and friends.