Most major Western companies gifts from the team leaders considered bad form.We are all going to the exact opposite.Russian business etiquette experts are convinced that the head of leave without a gift and congratulations - a blatant puncture employees.However, choose a decent boss a present - an art, and the wrong option can and does cost you your career.
main claim corporate professionals - know exactly what the company's policy in the field of gifts.Unlike in the West, in local companies and organizations, all individually.
Ideal - Present chipped from the entire department.The gift should be unique, original, exciting and expensive.However, in the zealous should not be expensive - the price should not be much higher than the official monthly income of the donor or donors, or already can be regarded as a bribe.
Remember, handing a gift, you can not talk about how hard it was to get this thing;to apologize for the fact that no one is handed a gift that I would like to give;ask if the boss like a collective Present ... All this shows ignorance of etiquette, and the head put in an awkward position.
business etiquette experts have made the top-rated things absolutely not worth handing boss:
1. a cheap souvenirs.
2. Underwear.
it is forbidden, even if you work in a lingerie store or the company that produces this product.By analogy, and bedding is excluded from the list of potential gifts.
3. clothes, except for ties, scarves and shawls, which are classified as accessories.Particularly intimate option - socks and shirts.
4. Jewelry.Contrary to popular belief, the rules of etiquette forbids giving them the rulers, even ladies.And the jewelry can be completely interpreted as an insult.
5. Perfumes and cosmetics.This option, too intimate, moreover, difficult to guess the taste bestows.Among other things, such a gift can be regarded as a hint of what you do not like the smell, and the whole appearance of the head.
6. Any items with religious symbols, including icons.
7. Spirits and smoking accessories, when it comes to the chief-woman.
8. kitchen utensils and containers, except for sets of glasses and porcelain.
9. Shaving accessories, manicure sets, epilators, hair tongs, hair dryers and other accessories from the scope of care.
10. Things that were in use, except for antiques.
11. Things that you can not give, according to the traditions and superstitions, - knives, mirrors, pearls, porcelain dolls, elephants with the trunk, and so lowered. D.
12. Items related to health, medicines, even the mostexpensive and necessary.
13. clock, if the boss - a man of advanced age.He can understand the gift as a hint that his time is considered.
14. money.For such gifts can be deprived of the workplace.
15. Live gifts.Animals should not give anyone other than their own children.Indoor plants suitable only for those who know how to love and care for them - it is necessary to find out in advance.
undesirable
There are things that are not desirable to give, because they oblige the person to whom the thing handed.
1. Books.Since the book requires a person to read it.The exception is your book autographed authorship.
2. Pictures.It is unlikely that you are well aware of the interior and style that head to taste.
3. Gifts with gags or straight comic hints if you doubt the sense of humor of the head, or you do not agree with him views on this kind of thing.
on packaging
choosing a gift, do not forget to take care of the packaging.In the business world ornate bows and ribbons are not allowed.So stop on the wrapping paper calm colors.Wrapping a gift, do not overdo it with the tape.
wrapper should be easily removable.As the package is suitable cardboard box or a paper bag with a pattern, but a plastic bag, even if it is beautifully painted, it can not be considered a worthy setting for the show.
most stupid gifts bosses
If you are not sure that your gift meets all rules of etiquette and will be properly perceived by the boss, it is better to join a collective gift.So you can not put the head of a dead end, and she did not sit down in a puddle.
For example, last year employees Agco Corp., maker of agricultural equipment, presented his chief toy car spray manure on fields.A
Caron Cullen, Head of Marketing Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.Atlanta still can not explain why her assistant presented her booklet on sex technique.
Elena Chirkov
Articles Source: missus.ru
