6 Fantastic HR gifts for your team this Christmas
Are you looking for a great gift for your team or direct reports? This guide provides you with a variety of ideas for gifts that fit the personalities on your team. If you have several team members or direct reports to buy for, no worries, the gifts on this list are all under $50.
You never know when you might need some quality gifts for employees. Those work anniversaries, appreciation days, and even officially calendared gift-giving holidays tend to sneak up on all of us.
No matter the occasion, gifts for employees boost morale. They’re more than just material tokens; they’re ways to express gratitude and make employees feel valued.
One study found that 94% of employees said a holiday gift from their employer would make them feel appreciated, valued and happier at work.
Facilitated Training has created this list to help you find the perfect gift for any HR or Learning and Development celebration on a moment’s notice.
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COVID has impacted us all in different ways, so it’s more important than ever to show your appreciation this holiday season. Employee Christmas gifts don’t have to cost the earth, especially after the year we’ve had. In some cases, even a hand-written card thanking them for their efforts and wishing them a safe and happy break will do the trick.
Here’s a quick template in case you need some inspiration:
Dear [insert name]
Thank you so much for all you’ve done for [ insert your company name] over the past year. You’re a huge part of the team and make a positive difference to those that know you and work with you.
2020 has been challenging, however with you onboard, we have been able to navigate those challenges together. I can’t wait to see what 2021 has in store for us, if we can survive in 2020, we can do anything!
I hope you have a wonderful break and wish you all the best for the new year.
See you in 2021,
[your name]
If you have a small budget, write your message on these:
6 more great gifts for HR people
We have selected 6 crowd-pleasing gifts for your special employees. If you already have a go-to gift that always gets smiles, we’d love to hear about it. Share your gift-giving successes in the comments below.
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1. Stationery
Great ideas start with scribbles! Putting ideas to paper is a creative process that allows a person to visualize their ideas.
Your stationery gift may notebooks with a little HR or Learning humour. Check them out!
Journals, notebooks, notepads, are a simple yet brilliant way to get your message across. HR professionals would surely love to receive a stationery set because it is something they can use in their job. They can use it to keep memos, important meetings, jot down ideas from workshops and professional development, or just doodle. And who does not like to write on a beautifully-designed notebook? Some people even love collecting custom-designed ones. Below are some of our favorites.
Learning fan hard cover note book
Designated HR person note book
2. Laptop Accessories
Laptop accessories can be the best gifts you can offer your HR team Laptop and tablet jackets are handy as well as useful and great gifts. Choose a humorous options with an image and they will be easy to find at a distance. We like these:
3. Bringing the team back to the workplace? Safety first!
Transitioning back to the workplace for many will mean wearing masks. Washable and reusable masks are the most environmentally friendly way to go.
Check out these HR reusable masks
4. Bags of fun
Travelling to work, the gym or different worksites means carrying things! We love these range of different bag options including totes.
HR Life!
5. Team T shirts, Sweatshirts and Hoodies
Silly T-shirts are not just from Hens and Bucks events! Team shirts are a great way for the team to visually connect on video calls, casual clothing days at work, or even on the weekend.
Here are our favorite T-shirts, hoodies and sweatshirts. T shirts and clothing are a great gift that keeps on giving.
Meeting and Exceeding expectations? This one is for you.
6. A team that cooks together… eats?
This Christmas, many teams won’t be getting together for a Christmas party. But that doesn’t mean that you can host a virtual party or even cook a Christmas treat together as a team event.
An apron will be the perfect gift for the team to use at this event and cooking in times to come. What a great way to create a team memory, with your own team apron. We love these.
For smoking hot HR peeps!
To be clear, managers don’t have to give their staff members gifts, but it’s a nice gesture if you want to do it (and in some workplaces, it’s very much expected. )
Be mindful that as a people manager, you should not encourage gifts from your team members, gifts at work should flow down, not up.
Gift giving and receiving should be enjoyable, but somehow it has become a source of stress for many people, not just for managers.
But getting gifts for your employees can be enjoyable if you think of it as an opportunity to show your appreciation and boost morale.
It might sound all ‘warm and fuzzy’ but it’s true: It is about the thought behind the gesture more than the gift itself. By giving your employees something, you’re showing them that you care.
Note: ‘ Dolly made these’ have been designed by a Facilitated Training employee. As such Facilitated Training will receive some monetary benefit from any purchases made.
Author:
Colleen Condon is one of Asia Pac’s most well-rounded HR & Organisational Development professionals. With her finger in every piece of the Human Resources pie, Colleen has trained 1000s of people across multiple industries and countries. She has conducted training department reviews in Soul, facilitated regional planning programs in Mumbai, deployed leadership programs across Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand, to name a few.
Most recently she has been creating editable training materials for workplaces and HR teams. Check out www.facilitatedtraining.com for more great resources and training materials.