Team Building Around Holidays

Traditions are important in companies just as they are in families. And, nothing is more important than the annual traditions work places establish around the celebration of seasonal holidays. A holiday celebration builds positive morale which results in increased employee motivation. Motivation contributes to team building and productivity....

Looking for convenient, appreciated, reasonably cost-conscious ways to reward, recognize, demonstrate your appreciation, award, and say "thank you" for contributions that people make at work? These ideas will help.

To drink or not to drink at work related events is a question every employee has to ponder for one occasion or another. Whether the business occasion is lunch during an interview, the company holiday party, or a staff networking event on Friday afternoon, alcohol is usually an option. My limit is two. How about you? Make your decision about how much to drink before you are faced with choices.

The office party during the holidays or any other time of the year is a prime professional opportunity to mingle casually with coworkers, impress bosses, and get to know people you don’t see every day. Unfortunately, the holiday office party is also a prime opportunity to ruin your professional reputation, alienate coworkers, and fail to capitalize on networking opportunities. These are the seven most common office party blunders. Some could cost you your career.

Guess who's not celebrating Christmas this year? Millions of people in the United States. That's right. Tens of millions of Americans don't hold Christmas religious or holiday celebrations either as followers of non-Christian religions (Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Jews) or as individuals with no religious affiliation. Find out more about...

Tired of the traditional Secret Santa events in which coworkers draw names and find inexpensive gifts (usually under $25) for the person whose name was drawn? Let's take a look at a current Secret Santa event that many employees enjoy. The Secret Santa event focusess on eBay, a buffet lunch, creativity, and fun.

Looking for a new twist on the traditional Secret Santa? As a Secret Santa, employees draw the name of a secret pal. Depending on the rules, participants either bring in frequent small gifts or bring in one gift for the secret pal on a selected day. A price limit of $25.00 or so, ensures that gift giving is comparable. Frequently, the Secret...

Traditions are important in companies just as they are in families. And, Halloween is one of the best holiday traditions to celebrate at work. Halloween is the second most popular holiday, second only to Christmas, so it's popular with employees, too. Celebrating Halloween at work appeals to the child in each of us and helps create a motivational, team work-oriented work culture.

At my client company where I am spending most of my time these days, Halloween is a big deal. The CEO came as a drunken old bum with a sleeveless t-shirt, a beer bottle and a belly complete with belly button hanging over his trousers. When I first saw him I was speechless with shock ...

Halloween celebrations in the office are motivational and fun for employees. But, Halloween celebrations in the office also bring their own set of challenges for the employer. Although Halloween is meant to be a festive day, for some employers it could be more frightening than fun when employees celebrate Halloween in the office.

Halloween in the office is an annual team building, employee morale boosting celebration that is fun for all involved. You can celebrate Halloween in the office. Engage employees in team building and relationship building events, festivities, fun, and food. And, you can bring your employees' families and significant friends to the office for...

Nixing the blowout office party for the holidays this year? Here are ideas to create the merry, merry in the ho-ho-ho season, without committing a lot of employee time, hard earned cash, or energy. Your employees and their families will appreciate your low key alternatives to an expensive, energy-consuming office party. Here are the ideas you...

Retirement is a big deal. Retirement marks the start of another chapter in an employee’s life. Retirement marks the end of a career, or the start of a new one. Retirement is a life event that changes every day that the retiring employee experiences. And, retirement changes relationships, customary patterns, and coworkers interactions. You can...

Many job seekers are convinced that job hunting between Thanksgiving and the middle of January is a waste of time. If you buy into this myth, you are losing one of the better job searching seasons of the year. During this season, you enjoy reduced competition for jobs and more. Debunk the common job searching myths.