Employee Appreciation Day (aka the best, most amazing, festive and exciting day of the year) is Friday, March 3rd! Even with this event only days away, you can still make it memorable for your entire team. Here are a few easy ways you can pump up the pep and celebrate the everyday heroes in your office this Friday!

Keep the flame of love (team love, that is) burning bright long after their first days on the job! Show your hardworking people how much you care about them with tastefully heartfelt sentiment and totes appropes gifts! Our Baudville "Recognistas" have identified 6 great ways to make your team-love known. Adopt a few or be an over-achiever and incorporate all 6 into your recognition program!

Just like with many relationships in life, the first days and months are often accompanied by a state of euphoria. Exciting projects and thrilling learning opportunities keep new hires enthusiastic about their choice to join your team! Whether they left a narcissistic micro-manager, or a wonderful work environment behind at that their last place of employment, they're loving the new challenge and camaraderie that your organization provides. Then as time wears on, the glimmer and shine of their new job begins to fade. They're up to speed on their daily responsibilities and their onboarding journey has come to a close. So how do you keep the magic alive beyond their first several months on the job?

As a relatively new member of the adult club (I can live in denial, right?), there's one thing I have found very common: routine. In your post-education years, it's easy to find yourself in a very repeatable schedule that can, if you're not careful, become self-centered. Go to work. Make Dinner. Catch up on Game of Thrones. Go to Bed. You get the gist. But there's a very special week coming up that can (and should) upset our routines. Random Acts of Kindness week is February 12-18! It's a week for setting new habits of regularly looking for ways to surprise people with sweetness and good will! Here are 21 easy ways to spread the love:

Ok, the secret's out. The number one challenge companies faced in 2016 was employee engagement.  In fact, a recent study shows that as much as 78% of today's business leaders rank employee engagement and retention as their top concerns.  If those challenges are numbers one and two on the list of headaches managers and HR professionals have, it shouldn't surprise you that recruitment, recognition, and morale follow close behind.  So how do you change the game in 2017?  Renew their passion for their position, and pump up the pep in their step with these tips!