151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees

27What’s Cooking?

If you are looking for a fun reward, you and some of your fellow managers should replace your managerial garb with chef’s apparel and cook a meal for your employees. Some of the popular offerings include pancakes and eggs for breakfast, burgers and salads for lunch, or a pasta dinner.

On the one hand, this is a tasty way to say thanks to your employees for doing a great job. At the same time, when you are cooking up a meal for your employees, you are also cooking up opportunities for them to get to know you better. You may be a highly accessible and communicative manager, but when you sport an apron and a chef’s hat, even the most miniscule barriers to communication fall by the wayside. Importantly, the lines of communication ...