Remembering to take time to celebrate is tough, especially doing it in a memorable way. In a survey we ran last year we found out 69% teams celebrated less than 3 times per quarter. Ouch!
That’s why we made Team Rewards, a fun and collaborative way to inspire us to celebrate more. Because when we celebrate we experience numerous benefits: improved mood, stronger sense of belonging, better relationships, and higher performance to name a few.
It’s a gratitude practice we could all use more of. Here’s some of our favorites to help you get started:
- Custom team gear (remote friendly)
- Nike hoodies
- Patagonia jackets
- cotton/poly blend t-shirts
- customized Yeti mugs
- Giving time or money (remote friendly)
- each taco counts for $$ donated.
- everyone gets time off to volunteer
- Catered food
- breakfast
- lunch
- snacks
- Doordash for remote teams
- Office additions
- LaCroix filled fridge
- Nintendo Switch
- ice machine
- office Roomba
- with an office cat to ride on top
- Team outings
- lunch
- escape the room challenge
- outdoor adventures
- conferences (remote friendly)
- movie theater half-day (remote friendly)
- Time off (remote friendly)
- create your own company holiday
- sleep in half day
- leave after lunch
- In-office events
- yoga instructor with live stream for remote workers
- potluck party
- massage day
- petting zoo
Tailored Rewards
Crowd-sourcing reward ideas from your team is a great way to ensure you’re offering rewards that interest the team. You can do this by sending out a quick survey with a few examples. You can even send a survey right in Slack with Polly.