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Kick-Start 2025 with Gratitude and Appreciation

The New Year brings renewed energy, making it the perfect time to show gratitude and appreciation to employees. A bit of New Year’s appreciation can motivate and kick-start the year, boost morale, and increase employee engagement.

Who doesn’t want a motivated and engaged workforce to get 2025 off to a great start?

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10 Reasons to Show Gratitude in The New Year

The New Year is an ideal time to show gratitude to employees for several reasons:

  1. Fresh Start and Motivation:
    The New Year symbolizes a fresh beginning. Acknowledging employees’ contributions sets a positive tone for the upcoming year and motivates them to strive for greater success.
  2. Reflection on Past Achievements:
    It’s a natural time to reflect on the past year’s successes and challenges. Expressing gratitude reinforces employees’ roles in achieving company goals and highlights their value.
  3. Renewing Commitment:
    Gratitude strengthens employees’ emotional connection to the company, fostering loyalty and a sense of belonging as they embark on another year with the organization.
  4. Cultural Significance:
    Many people associate the New Year with resolutions, improvement, and positivity. Gratitude fits well into this mindset, aligning company culture with employees’ personal aspirations.
  5. Reinforcing Organizational Values:
    Acknowledging employees’ contributions reinforces a culture of appreciation, showing that the organization values hard work, dedication, and teamwork.
  6. Combatting Post-Holiday Blues:
    After the holiday excitement, employees may face a lull in enthusiasm. Gratitude acts as a morale booster, helping ease the transition back to work.
  7. Setting the Tone for Team Goals:
    Starting the year with appreciation sets the stage for collaborative success, fostering a positive environment for tackling upcoming goals and projects.
  8. Building Momentum for the Year Ahead:
    Gratitude inspires employees to continue performing well. Feeling appreciated at the start of the year energizes them to maintain or improve their productivity.
  9. Creating Lasting Memories:
    A meaningful expression of gratitude at the New Year leaves a lasting impression, reminding employees throughout the year that their efforts are noticed and valued.
  10. Differentiating from Year-End Recognition:
    Year-end bonuses or holiday gifts are common. A New Year gesture stands out as an additional, thoughtful acknowledgment of their ongoing contributions.

Demonstrating gratitude at this time creates a positive, appreciative work culture that can resonate throughout the entire year.

 

Recognition is Vital

Motivating Employees

Gratitude and Appreciation are Key to Recognition

A recent Gallup survey found that organizations that prioritize employee gratitude and appreciation report that employees are 56% less likely to look for a new job. 

It’s estimated by Gallup that global businesses lose approximately $7 trillion each year due to lack of motivation.

A well-structured recognition program can drive an 11.1% boost in average employee performance according to recent surveys.

Recognition reinforces positive behaviors, aligning employees with company goals and motivating them to excel.

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New Year, New Motivation

The New Year makes employees more receptive to setting and achieving goals. A bit of gratitude helps motivate and encourage excellence in the coming year and inspires a focus on pursuing improvements.

New Year’s recognition combines thanks for past efforts, and encouragement for the future, with a sense of gratitude.

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Kick Off the New Year with Focused Messages of Gratitude

General Motivational Messages

  1. “Happy New Year, [Company Name] family! Let’s embrace 2025 with the same passion, teamwork, and excellence that made last year a success. Together, we’ll achieve even more!”
  2. “New year, new goals, and endless opportunities! Let’s make 2025 a year of growth, innovation, and milestones. We couldn’t do it without you—thank you for being an invaluable part of our journey.”
  3. “As we turn the page to 2025, let’s dream bigger, aim higher, and achieve more. Here’s to a year filled with possibilities and success. Happy New Year!”

 

Gratitude-Focused Messages

  1. “Thank you for your dedication and hard work in 2024. You’ve been the cornerstone of our success. Let’s make 2025 even brighter. Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful New Year!”
  2. “We are so grateful for your contributions this past year. Here’s to a New Year filled with new adventures, achievements, and reasons to celebrate!”
  3. “To our amazing team: thank you for making [Company Name] such a great place to work. Here’s to an even more exciting 2025!”

 

Visionary and Inspiring Messages

  1. “Let’s make 2025 the year we turn challenges into opportunities and goals into achievements. Together, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish. Happy New Year!”
  2. “In 2025, we’re not just aiming for success; we’re aiming for significance. Thank you for being part of our purpose-driven journey. Let’s soar to new heights together!”
  3. “Every new year is a blank canvas. Let’s paint 2025 with vibrant colors of success, creativity, and teamwork!”

 

Team Spirit and Collaboration Messages

  1. “Welcome to 2025—a year where teamwork will make the dream work. Thank you for your commitment and collaboration. Let’s make this year unforgettable!”
  2. “In 2025, let’s continue building a workplace where everyone thrives. Your unique contributions are what make us extraordinary. Happy New Year!”
  3. “Happy New Year to the dream team! Here’s to new challenges, bigger wins, and shared success in 2025!”

 

Playful and Fun Messages

  1. “New Year, new adventures! Let’s crush our goals, celebrate our wins, and make 2025 our best year yet. Ready, set, go!”
  2. “Cheers to a year of caffeinated mornings, productive afternoons, and celebratory evenings. Let’s make 2025 incredible!”
  3. “Out with the old, in with the bold! 2025 is here, and we’re ready to conquer it together. Let’s do this!”

 

Work-Life Balance and Wellness Messages

  1. “Wishing you a healthy, happy, and fulfilling 2025! Let’s focus on growing both professionally and personally this year.”
  2. “Here’s to a year where we all find balance, embrace challenges, and celebrate every success. Happy New Year!”
  3. “A new year means new opportunities to thrive—in work and in life. Here’s to your success and happiness in 2025!”

 

Goal-Oriented Messages

  1. “2025 is our chance to set new goals, achieve the impossible, and redefine success. Let’s make it our best year yet!”
  2. “Every goal achieved begins with a small step forward. Here’s to taking bold steps together in 2025. Happy New Year!”

Gratitude and Appreciation are a Year-Round Resolution

Resolutions Often Fail

Nearly 80% of people admitted to abandoning New Year’s resolutions by February every year, according to Forbes.

You know the story. The first few weeks of January have gyms packed to the gills and then the crowds slowly fade away. 80% of Americans who make a New Year’s resolution had failed by the start of February. Just 8% keep resolutions all year according to recent studies.

Don’t let your employee recognition suffer the same fate.

One survey found that 65% of employees haven’t received any form of recognition for good work in the last year!

Resolve to accomplish a number of recognition and gratitude activities throughout the year.

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After the New Year? Ideas for Year-Round Recognition

Be Inclusive

Many significant milestones may be celebrated. Employee recognition should include and reward all employees for their contributions.

  • Years of Service anniversary
  • Company anniversaries
  • Birthdays
  • Overall company milestones and results

 

Just for Fun!

  • Pizza meeting onsite or remote
  • Virtual happy hours
  • Coffee-break

 

Business Metrics

Easy-to-measure business metrics can be celebrated individually and departmentally. Business results, like achieving sales goals or achieving high customer service satisfaction scores, are significant. It’s important to recognize and reward them.

  • Revenue goals
  • Development goals
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Trouble tickets cleared

And don’t forget plenty of the informal “Thank you!”

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