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Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

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Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

iventures — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:01:57 GMT

Thanks Iwrite

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

Iwrite — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:40:55 GMT

This is great! Now can you boil this down to three or four sentences and that is the message you drive to the HR department and owners/presidents. I think another audience you look at is salespeople - as you pointed out, "Gift giving shows appreciation and respect."

I really think there are some cool things that can position your company as the source for not only great gifts but insightful information about the power of good gift giving. Think about including a column on your website or writing an article for the local business section of the paper or even hosting a radio segment on a business related station.

Just a thought.

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

iventures — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:18:59 GMT

The gift-giving season is nearly upon us. While the holidays are filled with energy and excitement, they´re also coupled with stress, decision-making and a frantic pace - in both our personal and organizational lives. This time of year, many companies are entrenched in the business planning, strategy and budgeting processes. On top of this, Human Resource professionals are tasked with considerations surrounding the organization´s gift-giving approach.

If the company had a good year, a holiday gift is welcomed, if not expected. If the company struggled or experienced cost cutting measures, a holiday gift may send the wrong message. Gift giving requires thought. The effect a gift has is based largely on perception. With generational diversity on the rise in the workplace, varying perceptions are the rule vs. the exception.

Companies can benefit from an HR perspective when they give their employees holiday gifts. Gift giving shows appreciation and respect. Unlike many corporate programs that require employees to achieve specific business results-making them exclusive to employee segments-holiday gift programs pertain to all employees. The inclusive nature of such programs helps build a sense of belonging, recognized as one of the highest and most primary human needs.

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

iventures — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:30:51 GMT

gifts with the company logo!!-----haa haa-------The only people who should love logos are Michael Jordon, Tiger Woods........bla blaa (They have millions of reason to love them and each has a picture of Benjamin Franklin)

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

Iwrite — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:18:32 GMT

I hope I didn't come across wrong. I only want to help. I think we underestimate the power of good selling.

My father was once buying a car and the salesperson was just pushing the hard sell when my father turned to him and said, "Look, I work hard for my money. Do you really believe I am going to give a huge chunk of it to someone I don't like?" and walk away. he turned to me and my brother and said, "Never spend money with folks who see you as nothing but a dollar sign."

Now that I am trying to build my business, I realize how wise my father is. Customers aren't always going to come out and tell you that but their actions will, and so will employees when it comes to gifts.

FYI: When I was an employee I hated gifts with the company logo!! Not during the holidays! It is like a company is trying to get free advertising out of me. If you are going to do it, make the logo small and tasteful.

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

iventures — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:44:19 GMT

I agree

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

Iwrite — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:07:56 GMT

Tangirl,

Less sell and more participation and I might become a customer. I am not a big fan of the hard sell. Most of us are talking about attitude, not buying actual gifts, not right not.

Now, if your response had been: "the best gifts are those that show you know the person you are giving the gift to. Gift baskets work because they let you give more than one thing with a greater possibility of the person recieving the gift finding something they like." An insight like that would have more than likely driven me to look at your site but to just come out and try to sell me something, nope.

Everyone with a product or service to sell - talk more to the potential customer, make a connection, give them a reason to want to buy from you and sell less.

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

busycouple — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:49:05 GMT

As a past employee of quite a few businesses, I would like to offer maybe giving them paid time off such as an extra day or two. People really like to be offered an extra day off paid just as much as money compensation.

Re: Best Holiday Gifts for Employees..?

Tangirl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:33:23 GMT

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