It totally depends on your budget for the celebration. If you have a good budget plus you have intention to give a gift to each of your employee, then you can always choose the suggested gift ideas by other friends here. If in case you are looking for something which is good and economical, then on-floor activities with active participation is always better.
Here are few things which you can do-
1. Plan a day where all employees are supposed to come in Ethnic wear.
2. Decorate the floor to give a feel of Diwali celebration.
3. Organize a Pooja in the office and make the employees be a part of it.
4. Distribute sweets.
5. Organize some nice fun events like games, dance, music, etc.
6. Give your employees a day full of freedom where no manager/supervisor will be monitoring them. Just make sure to communicate that deliverables will always be first, but they are free to take as many breaks as they want. This will ultimately be the best day for them as the Freedom really do wonders many times.
7. Ask them to prepare some nice greeting cards themselves. Prepare a well of name chits, ask each employee to take one chit, that employee will have to give the card to the name written on the chit. That way each and every employee will be getting a Diwali card. This gives a lot of happiness too.
Small little things before you begin your celebrations:
• Ask your employees to clean up their office desk just as many people clean their houses in India
• Add a few Diwali touches to the desk
• Pin up a Diwali card with ‘Happy Diwali’ written on it on your desk/ cubicle. Also, suggest each employee to give a card to any one employee.
• Ask them to bring in treats for the team during the festival week [is they want to]
Hope this works.
Akhil Khatri
HR REVIEW
HR REVIEW