Motivational Gifts Perfect For Summer and Gift-giving Tips

Employee Recognition Ideas

With summer upon us, it’s time for employers to start thinking about motivational gifts for employees, and if you’re the office manager who has been assigned this task, PaperDirect has some ideas that may make your job just a little bit easier this summer. For employees fortunate enough to have a boss that shows his/her appreciation with gifts, summer is…

Ways to Tell Your Teachers How Much They Mean To You

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Being a school teacher is one of the toughest, most admirable professions one can choose. It’s an often thankless job that requires hours and hours of work after the school day is over, evening meetings, event chaperoning, and sometimes even weekend work grading papers and preparing for the following week’s lessons. If you are a teacher, were a teacher or…

9 Goofy Awards for Team Building

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goofy office awards

If you like the sitcom “The Office,” you may remember “The Dundies” that Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell) awarded to his Dunder Mifflin employees during a ceremony at the local Chili’s restaurant. Remember Pam’s “Whitest Sneakers” award? While Carell’s character did not use the best judgment when it came time to present goofy awards to his employees, you can…

Employee Anniversary Recognition–Appropriate Gifts

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Recognition of employees is something that supervisors, owners, and CEO’s must make time and effort for. Why? Because studies have shown that when employees feel appreciated and valuable, they tend to be more productive and are more vested in their company’s success. When it comes to employee anniversary recognition gifts, even those that are not expensive, are greatly appreciated. The…

Field Day Sports Certificates

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Who doesn’t remember your school’s “field day” toward the end of the school year–the day the whole school competed in a variety of outdoor competitions like the egg toss, three-legged race and relay races? If your principal were cool enough, you may have even gotten to have a dunking booth with your teachers in the hot seat. Field day is a…

Employee Anniversary Recognition: Let Your Staff Know You Care

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All employees remember the day they were hired, and it is important to acknowledge an employee’s dedication and service to you and your company on their anniversary. If you are an office manager who has been asked to come up with some employee anniversary recognition ideas, or if you own a business and need some ideas about how to recognize your…

Steps to Develop Employee Reward Programs

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For employee reward programs to be meaningful to both the award recipient and others in the department, they should be tied to the department’s goals, mission, or values. As an owner or manager who must develop an employee reward program, you can determine the goals and purpose of the program yourself, or you can ask employees to offer suggestions. Another…

Employee Motivation Ideas for the New Year

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The start of the new year can be a slow time for many companies, especially retail companies (post-holiday down slide) and other types of businesses involved in sales. Businesses often tighten their belts after the holidays, and your sales staff may be lacking motivation to pursue new leads. To get things moving and keep your business going, you should try…

Thoughtful Student Recognition Ideas

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Regardless of what grade students are in, they all want some type of positive reinforcement when they do something well or improve on something they have been struggling with in the past. Whether it’s good behavior, improved behavior or good grades, teachers must show each and every student that they are valued and appreciated. Even the students who seem to…

End of the Year Newsletters

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With the end of the year upon us this is a good time to put together an end-of-the-year newsletter.  Include all significant events and sales for the year, use it to thank your employees for their hard work and dedication, and recognize those employees that went above and beyond.  Don’t forget to visit PaperDirect.com for a full line of Newsletters…

Motivational Quotes for the Workplace

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There are many ways to provide incentive and inspire workers, and if you are an employee, keeping motivational quotes posted around your work area may help get you through those particularly stressful days. In tough economic times, when the unemployment rate is through roof, most of us are very thankful to even have a job, but if you find yourself…

Employee Rewards and Recognition at the Holidays

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Will you get a Christmas bonus this year? Have you ever gotten a holiday bonus at your job? If you’re the boss, are you giving holiday bonuses this year? If you’re not the boss, have you been recognized or rewarded in some other way besides monetarily during the holiday season at other jobs or in previous years? If not, maybe…

Implement an Employee Recognition Program to Promote Hard Work

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Countless studies have been conducted in the business world to measure the correlation between employee satisfaction and performance and the existence of an employee recognition program. the most prevalent complaint we have observed about compensation is the lack of relationship between pay and performance. Then, there is the question of whether the employee recognition program should be monetarily based or…

Boosting Employee Morale Does Wonders for Business

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If you find your employees dragging themselves to work and looking less-than-enthusiastic about company happenings and successes, you may be surrounded by low employee morale. Low employee morale can hurt your business more than you may realize. You may think that your employees’ salaries should be enough to keep them motivated to do good work, but that is not always…

Inexpensive Employee Gifts They’ll Love

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Sparkle Specialty LetterTop Certificates

One way to give recognition to employees is by giving a small gift to the deserving employee to show your appreciation. Employee award certificates mean a great deal and serve the purpose of acknowledging good work, but small gifts show you went the extra mile and will boost employee morale even more! During the holiday season, you will find a…

Recognition for Volunteers

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Many businesses and charities rely on volunteers for day to day functions and special projects.  Don’t leave this special group of people feeling unappreciated, here are a few items that can help you put together a great recognition program to honor your volunteers.

Create Awesome Awards with FREE Certificate Templates

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Delicate Standard Certificates

Who doesn’t like to hear the words, “Good job!” or “Thanks for taking care of that” or “Great work!”? Everyone likes to be recognized for a job well done, and in today’s ever-evolving and growing workforce, it’s important to take the time to tell your employees they’ve done good work. In tough economic times, the money for raises and bonuses…

Ideas for Employee Recognition That Really Work

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An unmotivated, apathetic employee can do some real damage to your business. Think about an unpleasant experience you have had with a less-than-helpful employee, customer service representative, or restaurant server. Employees with bad attitudes or workers who simply don’t care about their performance can ruin a business exchange for a customer in seconds. Because employee/customer interaction is so very important…

Easy, Inexpensive Ways of Boosting Employee Morale

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Do your employees need a little morale booster? Employee morale is defined by the “employees’ outlook, optimism, self-concept, and assured belief in themselves and their organization, its mission, goals, defined path, daily decisions, and employee appreciation. Faith in self and faith in their organization are both important factors in positive employee morale.” If your employees’ morale seems a bit low,…

Motivate With These Employee Incentive Ideas

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Pot of Gold NoteCards

Who doesn’t want a pat on the back every now and then? Regardless of age, all people want recognition for a job well done, and people in the business world are no exception. No matter how high your position in a company, you, too, probably want a little acknowledgement when you go above and beyond the call of duty. Not…