GIFTS FOR REMOTE & HYBRID TEAMS

Maintaining a high-performing team requires skill and a keen focus on morale, particularly in remote and hybrid work environments. Acknowledging the hard work of your team members can significantly enhance productivity and cultivate a strong sense of unity. Although showing appreciation may necessitate a more nuanced approach for remote teams, the payoff in team cohesion and motivation is invaluable. Here are some gifts for remote and hybrid workers

Collaboration Superpowers gifts

Collaboration Supercards: Increase the productivity and enjoyment of your meetings with Supercards.

Work Together Anywhere Handbook: A Handbook on Working Remotely — Successfully — for Individuals, Teams, and Managers

Expressing Gratitude

Direct Acknowledgment: Utilize various channels—a phone call, a group card, an email, an app, a kudo, or a dedicated Slack channel—to say thank you. Simple. Powerful. Direct.

Rotational Recognition: Consider implementing a “Medal of the Day” digital badge that team members can add to their profiles and pass on to a colleague at the day’s end.

Video Tributes: Utilize platforms like Tribute.co to compile video montages as a unique way to express team appreciation.

Versatile Gifts

Gift Certificates: Choose from various options, such as coffee shops, food baskets, restaurants, or online stores. Although it may seem less personal, the flexibility it offers the recipient is valuable. 

Personalized Gifts: Personalized gifts like hoodies, battery packs, water bottles. Be useful while showing off the company logo. Check out Bespoke-ly, Swag Up, &Open, and Harper & Scott.

Books: Gift your favorite book, buy their favorite author, or gift the Calvin & Hobbes series. Consider The Virtual Coffee Experience.

Culinary Delights

Food Delivery Services: Explore clubs that deliver local specialties. Recommended options include:

• Gift Baskets Europe for European deliveries
• Flowers or cookies for the US
• We are always looking for additional options. Email to add yours to this list!

Global Pizza Delivery: Pizza can be sent almost anywhere in the world, and is widely agreed to be delicious for breakfast, lunch, or dinner 😊. Keep your hardworking team nourished regardless of their location.

Fashion Finds

Supercard Shirts: Apart from buying the Supercards, you can now also wear your favorite collaboration card as a shirt, or gift it to someone you spend a lot of time zoom-ing with!

Work From Home Shirts: T-shirts that instantly elevate your look from casual to business-ready. These long-sleeve tees are designed to mimic a layered ensemble, offering the illusion of a blazer or button-down in a comfortable, single-layer solution that’s perfect for video conferences and beyond.

Keep Warm: Stay warm and cozy with a heated pillow, a hot water bottle, a blanket-coat, a heated jacket, or a heated mug.

Cool Tech

Tech Accessories: Assist with purchasing essential tech accessories like a high-quality headset, a wireless keyboard, a portable second monitor, lighting, a keyboard cleaning kit, or a Wi-Fi booster.

Office Upgrades: Practical items like ergonomic furniture can significantly affect a remote work setup. Spruce up someone’s office with science-art or globes!

Lifestyle and Wellness

Activity Trackers: Activity trackers (like step counters) can foster team building and encourage a healthy lifestyle.

Gym Memberships: Promote physical well-being to counter the sedentary nature of remote work.

Coworking Memberships: An excellent perk for those who find it challenging to work from home.

Air filters: An air filter to keep the fresh oxygen flowing.

Reminders for Good Self-Care: Taking time for yourself aids in stress and anxiety reduction. Download our collection of self-care tips. Get your own Self-Care Cards to keep the practice going regulary.

Oblique Strategies: “The Oblique Strategies constitute a set of over 100 cards, each of which is a suggestion of a course of action or thinking to assist in creative situations.”

Household Improvements

Home Cleaning Services: Offer the luxury of a clean living space handled by professionals.

Relaxation Services: Vouchers for spa or massage services can relieve stress.

Plants: Plants go great everywhere and one can rarely have enough.

Game On

Board Games and Beyond: Games, puzzles, Escape Rooms, Lego or other building kits, crafts

Virtual Reality: Interactive VR Games or VR rooms

Experiential Gifts

Gift Experiences: Instead of material gifts offer memorable experiences that resonate with individual interests.

Theater tickets: Send someone to see a play, some comedy, or an opera!

Social Impact

Give gifts that resonate with your team values, creating a ripple effect of goodwill and social responsibility.

• Contribute to Kiva as a team (or individual!)
• Packed with Purpose
• Support a small, local business

Digital Subscriptions

Media and App Subscriptions: Consider gifting subscriptions to industry journals, mindfulness apps, or entertainment platforms like Spotify, YouTube or Netflix.

Appreciation Apps: Use apps to facilitate recognition and reward within remote teams.

Budget Considerations

Lastly, determining who covers the cost of gifts is essential. Many organizations allocate funds for team-building and recognition. Alternatively, collaborative budgeting tools can help team members contribute jointly to a gift fund.