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The Gift of Graft
Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.
The winter holiday season is winding down and no doubt you’ve made some nice gestures (where deemed appropriate by legislation and various human resource guidelines) with customers, clients and partners who have helped make your business grow. Not to sound neurotic, but is there anyone else on your list that you missed?
While it has become increasingly difficult to give gifts to individuals in companies you do business with and business for, there are still some ways to keep your corporate wheels greased through the use of thoughtful and strategic rewards. Outside of your department, direct reports and project people, have you considered just who has supported your needs over the past year? It’s an important thing to think about when you reflect on what future needs you may have in the upcoming year.
Ever had to hold up your overnight delivery person and make them wait for you to bundle up something last minute? Or worse, gone to their delivery hub at the nearby airport and performed the same ritual?
How about any team members, associates, or assistants at your firm that helped you late in the day, after hours, or at the expense of their own responsibilities? What about those internal folks that volunteer to help out during company and holiday events to set up the facility or make arrangements for you (finding restaurants that appeal to a…
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