Ideal Gifts For Your Boss
It is one of the most trickiest tasks to pick up a gift for your boss. Whether he will like the gift or not, is the later part this important question, or whether he will approve of an employee gifting him or not! So before you start racking your brains in search of some gifts for your boss, make sure that your boss is not against employees gifting him. In fact, in most of the corporate offices, in the U.S. employees are not allowed to give any kind of gift to their boss, there are gift giving policies in offices, which are to be followed strictly. So make sure you don't have any such policy in your office before choosing a gift. Before we move on to some unique gifts, let us first see what should not be given to a boss, as per gift giving etiquette.
What Not to Gift Your Boss
The following are the things that you should never ever gift your boss, unless you have something adventurous in your mind!
- Homemade Goodies: Though we consider homemade goodies as a gesture of affection, it should not be given to your boss. It is considered to be too personal, which is obviously not allowed in corporate atmospheres.
- Monetary Gifts: I don't know why anybody would think of that, but if this thought has ever crossed your mind, get rid of it. The logic is simple, your boss has employed you, he pays you, how can you pay him back?
- Gag Gifts: Gag gifts are no doubt one of the fun gift ideas, but not in case of a boss. Do not ever gift your boss any sort of gag gift, unless he is too friendly with his employees and won't mind a harmless prank. However, there is no point in taking the risk, do not present a gag gift!
4 Impressive Gifts for Your Boss
Personalized Clock Pen Stand: It's the boss who needs a pen more than anyone else so why not gift him a unique pen stand? There are several types of pen stands available, but the ones which can actually be given as a corporate gifts are the white or silver ones with a clock. The clock not only tells time but also the date and has the alarm facility, that too with a touch screen! You can even gift a nice pen along with the pen stand.
Coffee Lovers Basket: Office and coffee are interrelated to each other! There must be hardly any boss who does not need a hot cup of coffee to start his day with. If your boss is a coffee lover, gift him a coffee gift basket. There are many things that you can add to it, but of course you should not overcrowd it. So add only a few things like a nice coffee mug (stick to the classic colors!), different types of coffee sachets and a small box of cookies. A optional thing that can be added is a coffee gift certificate.
Card Holder: A card holder is one of the perfect gifts you can get your boss. Even if he already has one, an extra card holder will surely help him to manage the extra cards. Though there are literally thousands of types of card holders, choose one which has a sophisticated look to it. For example a mahogany silver card, it looks simply classic! To make the gift more interesting, you can get it engraved with the initials of your boss or his name, whichever you think is appropriate.
Smart Gadgets: Gadgets are something that can be gifted to anyone, irrespective of the gender. You do not need to spend your entire salary for getting your boss the latest cell phone or something! There are many affordable gadgets that can be given, such as iPod speakers. These are quite inexpensive and are trendy. Another inexpensive gadget is a photo printer. A photo printer can be given to a male or female boss and is surely to be appreciated, who won't be happy to get unlimited photos of oneself that too at anytime!
Do not give any gift to your boss unless there is any special reason like the boss' day or Christmas. So now that you know what to gift your boss, you can gain is appreciation instead of his wrath!
