Smart business owners are always looking ahead. The savviest of all leaders know the importance of showing—and not just telling—employees how much they are valued. These are two reasons why it pays to start planning corporate holiday gifts well ahead of the season. Further, those gifts should be genuinely meaningful.
The best employee holiday gifts reflect the value of the work being done and show recognition for the contributions of each and every employee. To help you show your employees you care this holiday season, we’ve put together three personalized gift ideas they’re sure to love.
Create a corporate calendar
Custom calendars are always popular as employee holiday gifts because they offer 12 full months of benefits. Top among those benefits is providing employees with an easy, old-school mode of organization that’s perfect for the office. When you create your corporate calendar in Mixbook Studio™, you can add custom business-related events, deadlines, schedule details, and reminders to the date boxes. Other customizations your employees might appreciate include inspiring quotes, fun facts, and birthday shout-outs.
Business promotional calendars also provide a new photo spread to enjoy each month, with endless design options to match the style and aesthetics of your company. Start with one of our expertly designed calendar themes, such as the super-versatile White Minimalist Portfolio Calendar theme. Then, simply drag and drop photos (plus optional text elements) that capture the best things about your business.
Here are some suggestions:
- Employee of the month or department of the month profiles
- Past projects your company and employees are the most proud of
- Photos from company events and gatherings
- The winners of a “best photo” submission contest among employees
- Photos and testimonials from happy clients
- Works of art that are aligned with the business e.g. favorite paintings picked by employees of an art gallery, adorable pet pics for shelter volunteers, or stunning landscape shots for a travel company
Related: How to create a custom personalized calendar
Make an office photo book
Custom photo books are a great choice for personalized gifts for employees. Every book project is a unique opportunity to recognize their achievements and showcase the ways in which the company has succeeded.
There are countless options for the format, content, and design of a custom office photo book. Our Business Year in Review photo book theme, which is easy to customize with your own branding, offers various content prompts such as:
- An introductory letter from the CEO
- A brief history of the company
- A roundup of the year’s key projects
- Highlights of each month
- Showcases for awards, workshops, and events
The year-in-review format is a no-brainer for an office photo book, but another approach might work better for your particular business. For example, a beauty brand might structure pages around the year’s biggest trends, best-selling products, and marketing successes. A real estate business could include photos of all the properties sold in the past year, plus profiles of sellers and testimonials from buyers.
Write an office recipe book
A custom office recipe book is a fun project that results in a one-of-a-kind holiday gift. Plan this kind of project well in advance of the holiday season. You’ll need time to invite all the employees to write, photograph, and submit a favorite recipe. Then, simply put them all together in Mixbook Studio™.
That final step—creating the custom recipe book—is super easy thanks to our collection of recipe book themes, such as the best-selling Recipe Book by Ampersand Design Studio. This theme features colorful illustrations of food and cooking equipment as well as pre-formatted recipe text. Just replace the placeholder text with your employees’ recipes and pics.
You might provide guidelines, such as asking for varied breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert recipes, potluck dishes (especially if your company has a potluck tradition), or holiday treats. Or, just let the employees send in their No. 1 favorite recipes of all time.
When employees receive their copies of the office recipe book, they’ll enjoy seeing their own submissions in print as well as those of their colleagues. Who knew Darlene from reception grew up making gumbo in New Orleans? Or that Marco in accounts is a pro-level cake decorator? The book will be a great conversation-starter as well as a source of culinary inspiration!
Find tips and instructions here: Love cooking? Here's how to make a custom recipe book
Get a quote—and discounts—today!
One great thing about personalized gifts for employees is you just need to complete one project, then order as many copies as needed. Businesses also benefit from discounts and free shipping on orders of 10 or more items.
Visit our business portal today for your speedy, custom quote.
