How to Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day

You may not be aware, but March 9th is Employee Appreciation Day. For you employers out there, here are some tips to help you show your appreciation for your employees/staff.

Things You'll Need

• Creativity
• Sincerity

Instructions

1. 

   Personally thank each of your employees for their contributions. You could do this verbally; however, you might have a bigger impact if you wrote thank you notes to each and every one of them, making sure they are personal with specifics of why you are thankful for that specific employee. If you don't have time to do this, enlist your managers or visit the resources below.

2. 

   Bring in coffee, donuts, and fruit for breakfast. Most employees LOVE to get special treats and if you bring them in the morning, it just starts the day off right. If you have employees with special dietary needs, make sure to include them by bringing something they can have too.

3. 

   Create unique award certificates. For example, give out awards for best smile, most upbeat, perfect attendance, go-to person, etc. Develop your own categories that are unique to your business.

4. 

   Give each employee a small gift. It doesn't have to be much. I remember one of my bosses giving each of pet rocks with inspiring words on them. What meant most was that she did it for each of us and matched the sayings with out personalities.

5. 

   Lastly, if you are able to do so, let everyone go home early for the day (with pay).

Tips & Warnings

• Be sincere with whatever you choose to do.

• Don't go overboard, otherwise your employees will expect it every year.

Resources

• With Sincere Gratitude
• Employee Recognition
• Free Appreciation Certificate