5 Professional Gift Rules You Must Know This Gifting Season
During the festive season or on holidays, many people find it difficult to navigate through the office gift-giving customs. Should you buy a gift for your boss? How do you gift your co-workers? What are the ideal choices of gifts for colleagues in the first place?
With so many questions to ponder about, it is obviously understandable why many people get confused when it comes to professional gifting. So, how exactly should you go about it? To sail through office gift-giving, it is advisable that you take into consideration a number of things. Here are 5 rules you definitely want to observe when considering professional gifting.
Let the gifts flow downward
It has long been agreed that at the workplace, the gifts should flow downward and not upward. While your boss can easily gift you, it is not so advisable to gift your managers. Under circumstances where employees have to gift their bosses, many workers find themselves under pressure because your colleague might probably bring a better gift than you. Even more, spending lavishly on gifts for your boss might be wrongly interpreted as soliciting for favors.
Gifting those below you in the career ladder, on the other hand, shows a deep sense of appreciation. This holiday season, you might want to try this.
General gifts for everyone is a bad idea
For some companies, gifts are presented to each employee during holidays. For those in charge of this fete, it might sound so simple and convenient to order the same gift item for everyone. If your institution has more than two departments, you should consider gifting people according to their careers. If possible, let the employees choose from a list of possible gifts. You need to present the workers with something they will appreciate for years to come.
No to overly personal gifts
The word office or professional should constantly ring in your mind when searching for gifts for your colleagues. As a rule, many offices do not recommend gifts that end up in other people’s bodies such as perfume, clothes or jewelry. At the same time, you must be careful about presenting joke gifts unless you understand the person very well.
A bottle of wine is often appreciated. However, you should be careful about giving such gifts to someone with strong opinions against the same. Find out about the person’s personality and present a gift that perfectly suits them.
Gifting policies should remain open
When it comes to office gifting, Groomsmen Gift Central crew agrees that companies should not make gift sharing a compulsory affair. While it is good to cultivate the virtue of appreciation amongst co-workers, the best gifts in the world are those that come from the heart. Genuine, heartfelt gifts, however small they might be, touch the hearts of the receivers.
Knowing how to go about professional gifting can save you loads of embarrassment at the workplace. It is important to understand the type of gifts you should give and the appropriate people to gift back at work. Be sure to gain deeper insight before gifting your colleagues.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
