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Actual for You - Corporate Gift Ideas: What to do when Birthdays at Work Suck!
So often school career counselors and advisers hurt the psyche of our children in Junior High, High School and even later on in College. This is a tragedy indeed. One career counselor I talked with at length worked for the University of Phoenix and she told me of how they were changing that problem.She agreed that it was indeed a serious issue and so I did a little research on all of this last year and read all the psychology white papers out there. It seems that they really are on the right track. Although I have never attended the University of Phoenix, only observed them from an outside speaker stand point and a customer of our services at their regional and corporate offices, I find their programs progressive from their distance learning programs on down. The students get real
Firstly, some timely thoughts about...
What we want to AVOID: The Cake Conspiracy
A cake, huh? Well it's something. Something is better than nothing, right?
NO!
Nothing -- repeat -- NOTHING! says you have no imagination or you don't really ca
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NEWSFLASH Corporate birthday ideas hit rock-bottom.
Shocking but TRUE!
Although Raphael was not there on his birthday his co-workers got him a cake, blew out the candles...and ate it too!
And when he returned...they had another cake.
Couldn't miss his "birthday" now, could they?!
Yes, Raphael's celebration is like out of the pages of the National Enquirer.The office cake carousel usually gets a full work out during the year. It seems to be as far as corporate birthday ideas go in some places.
Depending on who is in the mix and what initiative they show or are allowed to show, this can either make for an exciting diversion or a valid reason for, as they say in Australia, to take "a sickie"
[NB: sickie = day off work for apparent illness]
The whole birthday thing at work is a very gray area. The clash of expectations and the need to show no favoritism given the diversity of the staff is a real hot zone of emotion and, sadly, stupidity.
Relax though. Here is the an answer to all who have asked:
"Aren't there any decent corporate birthday ideas anymore?"
Yes, there is.
Firstly, some timely thoughts about...
What we want to AVOID: The Cake Conspiracy
A cake, huh? Well it's something. Something is better than nothing, right?
NO!
Nothing -- repeat -- NOTHING! says you have no imagination or you don't really car
Do you want a surefire way to highlight the newest products of your company? Or do you want your product sales to go sky-high?All of these can be achieved through catalogs. You see catalogs are great for showcasing products and services of a company. They serve as the easiest way to inform the customers of all the details regarding the products or services that you’re offering. They’re like the windows of your company, giving the customers a vivid picture of who you are and what you’re offering.Since catalogs are the window of your company’s soul you need to make sure that they are produced in great-looking details. They should have a professional look so as to convey the right message that you want tot ell them. Your goal is to win the hearts of your customers so you need
Couldn't miss his "birthday" now, could they?!
Yes, Raphael's celebration is like out of the pages of the National Enquirer.The office cake carousel usually gets a full work out during the year. It seems to be as far as corporate birthday ideas go in some places.
Depending on who is in the mix and what initiative they show or are allowed to show, this can either make for an exciting diversion or a valid reason for, as they say in Australia, to take "a sickie"
[NB: sickie = day off work for apparent illness]
The whole birthday thing at work is a very gray area. The clash of expectations and the need to show no favoritism given the diversity of the staff is a real hot zone of emotion and, sadly, stupidity.
Relax though. Here is the an answer to all who have asked:
"Aren't there any decent corporate birthday ideas anymore?"
Yes, there is.
Firstly, some timely thoughts about...
What we want to AVOID: The Cake Conspiracy
A cake, huh? Well it's something. Something is better than nothing, right?
NO!
Nothing -- repeat -- NOTHING! says you have no imagination or you don't really ca
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[NB: sickie = day off work for apparent illness]
The whole birthday thing at work is a very gray area. The clash of expectations and the need to show no favoritism given the diversity of the staff is a real hot zone of emotion and, sadly, stupidity.
Relax though. Here is the an answer to all who have asked:
"Aren't there any decent corporate birthday ideas anymore?"
Yes, there is.
Firstly, some timely thoughts about...
What we want to AVOID: The Cake Conspiracy
A cake, huh? Well it's something. Something is better than nothing, right?
NO!
Nothing -- repeat -- NOTHING! says you have no imagination or you don't really ca
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Relax though. Here is the an answer to all who have asked:
"Aren't there any decent corporate birthday ideas anymore?"
Yes, there is.
Firstly, some timely thoughts about...
What we want to AVOID: The Cake Conspiracy
A cake, huh? Well it's something. Something is better than nothing, right?
NO!
Nothing -- repeat -- NOTHING! says you have no imagination or you don't really ca
If you like a fast paced environment couched in one of the world's oldest and most stable professions, you may want to become an accountant. Accountants have a set foundation of rules and guidelines, balanced by enough leeway to add creativity to the job. There are a million ways to present financial data for an organization, and accountants have plenty of legroom to be creative - while keeping sound legal practices in this respect.Unfortunately for the anti-school crowd, becoming an accountant requires some form of higher education either technical school or a full blown 4-year course of study at a university. While a four year degree provides more depth in accounting, those with a two-year technical degree aren't left out in the cold: they can start at the bottom of the acco
Firstly, some timely thoughts about...
What we want to AVOID: The Cake Conspiracy
A cake, huh? Well it's something. Something is better than nothing, right?
NO!
Nothing -- repeat -- NOTHING! says you have no imagination or you don't really care like a store-bought birthday cake. If the ritual isn't meaningful to the person don't do it! Put some thought into it.
What's worse than a cake...?
There was a time -- I hope I forget it -- when I experienced the lamest of all lame corporate birthday ideas. Four people and one cake! How nice that our fathers shed sperm 'round the same calendar time and our mothers gave agonizing birth in the same week of the year! SO!!?? Ripped-off! I have to share your birthday wishes with these bozos? I am not impressed. I have heard of doing more with less but that is ridiculous.
Yes, I hear the CEOs and VPs saying: "it's not our responsibility to organize cakes and corporate birthday ideas etc., this IS a business you know!" No it isn't, in work-speak, your core business-KPI-Milestone-Blah-Blah.
But think of the return on your small investment in productivity terms.It's part of the culture, your business folk-lore and the smooth running of a social group called a place of business.
And it takes NO EFFORT.
Replacing the Cake Conspiracy
Be mindful of the landscape. Think of call centers. Hard to sing happy birthday to a
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