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Surprise Your Leaders With An Unexpected Thoughtful Gift Once In A While

handwritten notes recognition relationships Feb 08, 2024
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A well thought out gift can add a personal layer of awesomeness to your relationship with your team.  I'm really not talking about Christmas gifts or birthday gifts; but more of a spontaneous, personalized surprise.  Look for occasions that are already important to your leader and add to them.  Here are some examples:

  • Your leader taking their family on a cruise?  Have an obnoxiously BIG arrangement of fruit, flowers and kids toys waiting for them in their room with a note from you.  
  • Team member taking his wife to a special dinner?  Arrange for the server to tell them their entire meal is on you and have the server deliver a handwritten letter from you to their table.  Imagine the look on his wife's face when he reads your letter aloud, telling him how thankful you are to work with him.
  • I learned one of my peer leaders lived in a neighborhood with a nice disc golf course; but he and his son had never played.  Amazon delivered two sets of discs with nice bags to their house the next day with a note from me.
  • A leader was at my house and saw our toy grill set sitting next to my big grill.  He and his wife commented on how their two-year-old son would love it.  A special package arrived at their house, addressed to their son, the next day.  
  • One of my leaders was a big Alabama football fan and we had his team over to our house to grill out in celebration of his ten-year work anniversary.  I gave him a game ball signed by Bear Bryant in front of his team to honor him.

The keys to giving a gift that feels special is that you know them well enough to know what's important to them, that you personalize it by adding a note from you and it surprises them in a good way.  Keep your ears open for opportunities and get creative with your gifts and your team will love it.  

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