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Welcome to our comprehensive guide on workplace celebrations, contests, and fun!
In today’s fast-paced work environment, it is more important than ever to create a positive and engaging atmosphere. A workplace that fosters team spirit and boosts employee morale. At gThankYou!, we understand the significance of workplace celebrations and the impact they have on employee satisfaction and productivity. Below, are samples of topics we will explore that focus on the power of workplace celebrations, contests, and fun activities, and how they contribute to a thriving work culture.
Mentors and Trainers: The Unsung Heroes
As we celebrate teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week, it is crucial to recognize the mentors and trainers in the workplace who play a vital role in employee development. That is, these unsung heroes deserve recognition for their exceptional contributions to employee growth through coaching, mentoring, and training programs. Their guidance and support foster learning and professional development, ultimately leading to a more skilled and engaged workforce.
Celebrating Administrative Professionals
Administrative professionals are the backbone of any organization, handling a wide range of tasks to ensure smooth operations. They manage schedules, handle customer service, and provide crucial support to employees. Take the opportunity to show appreciation for their hard work and dedication on Administrative Professionals Day. Plan special activities or surprise treats to make them feel valued and celebrated for their contributions to the organization’s success.
Embracing Earth Day at Work
Earth Day provides a great opportunity to raise awareness about environmental sustainability and encourage eco-friendly practices in the workplace. By organizing events like tree planting, recycling drives, or educational sessions on conservation, you can celebrate Earth Day and demonstrate your commitment to a greener future. Engaging employees in environmentally friendly initiatives not only benefits the planet but also fosters a sense of collective responsibility and pride within the organization.
Easter Employee Appreciation
Easter marks the arrival of spring and is a time of renewal and gratitude. Regardless of religious affiliations, Easter can be a wonderful occasion to appreciate employees for their hard work and contributions. Consider organizing activities like an Easter egg hunt or providing small treats to create a festive and appreciative atmosphere. By recognizing and celebrating your employees during this holiday, you reinforce their value and create a sense of camaraderie within the workplace.
Celebrating National Nurses Week
Nurses play a crucial role in healthcare and deserve recognition for their hard work and dedication. National Nurses Week provides an opportunity to show appreciation for the extraordinary contributions of nurses. Plan special events, provide small tokens of appreciation, or organize a thank-you luncheon to honor these healthcare heroes. By acknowledging their efforts and dedication, you demonstrate your support for the nursing profession and create a culture of gratitude within your organization.
By embracing workplace celebrations, contests, and fun activities, you create a positive work environment that enhances employee engagement, teamwork, and overall satisfaction. At gThankYou!, we believe in the power of celebrating achievements, recognizing employees’ efforts, and fostering a sense of camaraderie. Join us in creating a vibrant and joyful workplace where employees thrive and feel appreciated.
Not sure you should celebrate Easter in the workplace? Read on and learn why you should and how to take advantage of the joy of the arrival of spring and Easter to celebrate.
If you’re planning ahead, it’s time to think about Easter! This year, it falls on Sunday, April 9.
Sharing Easter employee appreciation is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate colleagues regardless of employee religious affiliation; it marks the beginning of spring and celebrates the joy, hopeand gratitudethat come with the changing seasons.
Did You Know that January is National Thank You Month?
The holidays are an excellent time to give and receive, but January is the time to slow down and say THANK YOU! January is National Thank You Month and is the perfect time to invest in new activities to nurture gratitude and kindness in the coming year.
We’d like to revisit 5 ways to embrace gratitude in life and the workplace, setting the stage for a year full of thankful habits.
We thought it would be a jolly ol’ time to round up some lists of top favorite Christmas foods, music and movies surrounding the holiday from a variety of creative sources. Enjoy and share!
We are so grateful for our family, friends, employees, customers and partners. Thank you for your support all year round! Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Will employees at your company be spending Thanksgiving at work? If so, bring the gratitude (and treats) and make it a workplace celebration they’ll appreciate!
Spending the holiday at work isn’t where most of us want to be for this traditional at-home celebration. But with the right attitude and activities, sharing Thanksgiving with colleagues is an opportunity to highlight workplace gratitude and celebrate your work family.
If your company has employees spending Thanksgiving in the office, (more…)
According to the National Retail Federation, 69% of consumers plan to celebrate Halloween this year. People love getting into costume, putting up scary decorations, and sharing their favorite treats. With interest like this, Halloween is the perfect opportunity to bring your workplace together for a holiday celebration.
Download gThankYou’s “Halloween Team Building Guide” — a one-page PDF that highlights 20 time-tested exercises, games and activities for Halloween team building to help you engage your staff in a meaningful celebration. (more…)
Our New Gratitude Card designs are the perfect way to add a special note of “Thanks!” with your gThankYou! Gift Certificates. Select your favorite from dozens of design choices and include the thoughtful message already included or write your own personalized message of gratitude.
Our cards are FREE with your purchase of any gThankYou! Gift Certificates. We’ll even customize the cards for you! Include a personal message, signature, and even your company logo – free of charge. (more…)
Celebrated every Sept. 21, World Gratitude Day was started by the United Nations more than 50 years ago. It’s also known as the International Day of Peace.
In the workplace, World Gratitude Day is for celebrating the power of “Thank You” — from company leaders to employees, between coworkers, from employees to customers and, ultimately, as a building block for a culture of gratitude.
Numerous studies and business cases have shown the benefits of gratitude and the ill effects of a lack of gratitude — job dissatisfaction, turnover, absenteeism, burnout, gossip, negativity and exploitation. (more…)
Some of the most effective, easy ways to thank employees can be done on the fly, or with just a few days’ notice – just remember to keep the message of gratitude in mind!
Try it! You have your chance coming up with a holiday that’s easy to celebrate in the workplace: the 4th of July.
Independence Day has themes that bring people together — patriotism, community, family — plus it has traditions everyone loves: fireworks and sparklers, parades, neighborhood barbecues and events for kids. (more…)
Everyone loves this time of year — wrapping up school, planting flowers, planning summer trips and simply enjoying the outdoors. The last few summers weren’t as carefree, so we want to help YOU make summertime at work FUN again! Here are some creative ideas from our 2022 Day-to-Day Employee Celebration Calendar to help.
Top 10 Ways to Make Summertime at Work Special Again:
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Month with free flags and T-shirts for employees.
Host an ice cream or food truck once a week.
Present employees with a summer-themed gratitude journal.
Host a family day at a local park with food, games, and music.
Rent out a public pool or amusement park.
Organize a few morning walks with leadership — exercise AND good one-on-one time.
Have a summer reading program with incentives at the end of the summer. Remember that? Everyone loves to read for a personal pizza! Bonus points for books on business, leadership, and personal development.
So why aren’t nurses feeling the appreciation?
One major factor could be the overall lack of employee recognition across all industries. General respect and trust for a profession doesn’t automatically translate into concrete acts of appreciation. (more…)
It’s almost spring and Easter will be here soon! Now’s the time to start your Easter employee appreciation planning.
Why thank employees at Easter?
Besides being a widely celebrated family occasion, it’s a springtime holiday with cultural, non-religious traditions that appeal to everyone.
Easter employee appreciation is a great idea, regardless of employee religious affiliation, because it generally marks the beginning of spring and the sense of renewal and gratitude that accompany the new season.
And, as is often the case, Easter coincides with Passover.
In a diverse workplace where the majority of employees may not be Christian, focus on the secular aspects of Easter. Put employee accomplishments and community first!
Read on for five reasons to include Easter employee appreciation in your spring planning this year. (more…)
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude and celebrating traditions. Turkey has long-been the traditional centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal, making it the symbol of the holiday, gratitude for the bounty of the meal, shared history and family and friends.
While every group or family is different, there is something special about time together, gathering around the table, and enjoying each other’s company at the holidays. At gThankYou, we are passionate about what we do because it provides employers a way to celebrate team members in a way that honors gratitude and tradition.
A Thanksgiving turkey gift is so meaningful, it positively impacts both giver and recipient. You may not know this, but turkey gift-giving has been a workplace tradition for over a century. (more…)
Last year, workplace Halloween festivities took place virtually. Despite the distance — and perhaps the initial awkwardness of dressing up for a Zoom party — events everywhere were successful! Halloween is a favorite holiday for many, offering an opportunity to tap into creativity and kid-like behaviors (candy binge, anyone?). In our current environment, everyone appreciates a chance to relax and have fun at work.
In this new world of work, Halloween may continue to be a hybrid event. Some workplaces will resume all-things-Halloween, with elaborate decorations, cutthroat costume contests and sugar-laden parties. Others are still remote, but with full intentions of celebrating. Either way, the options to have Halloween fun are endless. (more…)
Celebrating Thanksgiving in the workplace is an appreciated and valuable way of showing gratitude to employees. (Photo via Satya Murthy, Flickr)
Celebrating Thanksgiving in the workplace is an appreciated and valuable way of showing gratitude to employees. Don’t miss out this year!
SHRM calls Thanksgiving workplace celebrations an “incredible tool” for managers.
A business veteran and author quoted by SHRM says that “in so many organizations, employees go through their days assuming that their co-workers, and especially their bosses, don’t notice or appreciate all of the hard work that they do.” (more…)
Holidays celebrating gratitude, communal harmony and harvest bounty are common around the world. (Photo via Faith Goble, Flickr)
Did you know that our American Thanksgiving is just one of many gratitude-related Thanksgiving traditions celebrated around the world?
Traditions differ from country to country, but gratitude in action is cause for universal celebration.
The spirit and significance of giving thanks is the same wherever you go — with or without roast turkey and cranberry sauce. So what does giving thanks look like around the world?
Celebrations worldwide of “thanks-giving” share several elements, no matter what people are eating, wearing or singing. We all honor:
A pumpkin-carving party is a fun, affordable Halloween activity for workplace team building.
A fantastic opportunity for easy team building is….Halloween.
If the extent of your company’s Halloween celebration is a dish of candy corn and a few streamers, you’re missing out. Engagement, not passive entertainment, is key to successful team building. Halloween is one of the easiest holidays to engage employees that everyone will enjoy and that don’t need to break your budget. (more…)
Halloween is a great opportunity to foster employee engagement and workplace camaraderie — are you taking advantage of it?
Here’s what makes Halloween such a standout engagement time: It’s popular. According to a 2015 Harris Poll, Halloween ranks third among U.S. adults for favorite holiday. Only Christmas and Thanksgiving rank higher! Halloween outranks the Fourth of July, Memorial Day and even “my birthday.” It’s participatory. From pumpkins and costume parades to trick-or-treating, Halloween gets people moving, talking and connecting with one another. It’s creative. Nearly everything we do to celebrate Halloween encourages creativity, from carving the perfect pumpkin to sewing a one-of-a-kind costume. (more…)
A sweet employee thank you! Via Flickr: CleverCupca
While some may pick the official Employee Appreciation Day to celebrate their employees’ contributions, really any day is the perfect day to thank employees for their hard work and dedication to your business!
Most leaders understand employee appreciation is not a one day a year deal. It’s vital to business success to build engagement and recognition into daily business practices. Still not a believer?
Disney is a great example of a company that believes in the power of engagement. (more…)
Our favorite candy heart saying is “ur kind” but “you rock” is always welcome! Check out this Reader’s Digest article if you’re curious about conversation heart messages. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
We spend more of our waking hours with co-workers than we do with our significant others, so take advantage of Valentine’s Day and celebrate colleagues! If you focus on gratitude and appreciation, it’s perfectly appropriate and thoughtful to do.
Valentine’s Day in the workplace should be about celebrating workplace colleagues and a culture of kindness and compassion. Steer clear of romance and relationships. The opportunity is to communicate value for great working relationships and a culture supportive of compassion and camaraderie.
Acts of kindness are one of the most powerful ways we have to connect with others.
February is the perfect month to share workplace kindness – with Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th) and Week (February 11-17), and Valentine’s Day! Take advantage of these dates and inspire kindness in your workplace.
Planting seeds of kindness yields improved moods and productivity. Better yet, it’s contagious. Share a little kindness and see how it ripples through your office. (more…)
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