Employee Engagement Ideas for Festivals
We all love to celebrate festivals. Here are some best employee engagement ideas for festivals and special days in offices. Why don’t you give your employees a chance to celebrate the festivals at their workspace just as they do with their family? It definitely can be a great way to improve employee engagement and make them more involved. You can celebrate any festival and for Indian companies, the below festivals specifically have a special place.
Holi – the festival of colors is a festival of India, which signifies the arrival of the colorful spring season in India after the chilling winters. According to Hindu mythology, it also signifies the victory of good over evil. Indians all over the world celebrate this day by daubing themselves in brightly colored powders.
You can bring the holy spirits to your workplace by organizing office-themed holi activities and game, including some time with colors, cooking contests, holi special food counters including jalebis and chaats, traditional holi decors, or maybe even holi special arts competitions like Rangolis.
2. Diwali
Diwali – the festival of lights is another big festival celebrated throughout India with great enthusiasm. It signifies the victory of good over evil and people come together celebrating Diwali with sweets and decorating the surrounding with bright lights and crackers.
You can fill the minds of your employees with the ‘Diwali’ mood starting with the office decors and other activities related to Diwali including rangoli, Diya making, Diya painting, paper lamp making, some music from Karaoke mania, or Musical tambola, a pot luck lunch party or even some food stalls for lip-smacking food and Diwali sweets. Diwali cannot be complete without gifts. So giving your employees some Diwali gifts is a great chance to make them feel valued and gift them a wonderful and memorable Diwali.
3. Christmas
The Christmas season isn’t just a festival, but a feeling. Christmas celebrations in the office are a great way to bring the jingling Christmas spirits to your employees. You could start off your Christmas activities in the office with traditional Christmas games like the ‘Secret Santa’, Christmas decor for your workspace, some Christmas crafts like Christmas cards, Christmas tree decor paper quilling, snowflake paper lantern making, candle making, etc. Some other activities to cheer up your employees can also be included like the DJ party and Karaoke set. And most importantly what Christmas without the Santa! So don’t forget to make the Santa meet and greet part in your Christmas celebrations and maybe even you can have a photo booth for selfies with Santa.
Other Big Days
Apart from the festivals, there are many other days that you can celebrate in the office like
1. Women’s Day
A day dedicated to the women employees of your organization. Make them feel special and valued on this special day with activities crafted for the women especially some beauty corners for Mehendi, nail color, or even a complete make-over, some craft sessions, and some fun-filled games.
2. World Yoga Day
Organize yoga sessions for your employees on the International Yoga Day to make them aware of the importance of Yoga in their daily life and motivate them to make it a habit. Let them roll out their Yoga mats and get ready to do some stretching to help them relax, unwind and feel more positive by achieving the well-being of their minds and body.
3. Mother’s day
A special day for all the ‘Mothers’ out there in your office to celebrate their motherhood. Showing them how much they are valued in through a simple Mother’s day celebration is a great way to let them know you care. Sending them for a lunch out, or a potluck, print off certificates to honor each mother or even simple flowers, coupons for a sanity day off or a massage at a local spa, letting their children come in for an hour as a surprise, some funny games for the moms about their kids or something involving the moms and kids together, etc are all some cool ideas for Mother’s day celebrations at your workplace.
4. Father’s day
Not just mothers, fathers are special too. They too deserve appreciation and recognition on a special day. Potluck or a lunch out, print out great dad certificates, fun activities involving the kids and dads, movie tickets for the dad and kid, etc are some ideas for celebrating father’s day in office.
All the above activities are great for engaging your employees and create a fun-filled atmosphere in your office to make your employees refreshed and energized. Innovative activities like these can really help build a strong relationship with your employees and motivate them to work for the organization. Take care of your employees well and they will take care of you.
If you take a list of companies considered the best companies to work for, you can see they all realize the importance of having fun at work, for example, Google, where they do everything to make work fun. That’s the key reason for their productivity. Include employee engagement activities like the above ones a part of your organization culture to let your employees have some fun at work so that they really don’t have to wait for their weekends to have some fun and they stay motivated to come to the office and give their best alway