How often do you show your colleagues how important they are? Here are three easy ways you can implement employee recognition, celebrate their successes, and build stronger working relationships this year.
In 2025, showing love and appreciation for your colleagues will likely continue to evolve with changing work dynamics. Remote work, hybrid teams, and digital tools have all impacted the way we interact.
Start the new year with good intentions, prioritising employee recognition to boost your team’s morale, improve job satisfaction and increase productivity. According to Reward Gateway, over seven in 10 employees want their employers to do more to motivate them. So, there’s work to be done…
Here are three ideas for how you can show your colleagues some love in 2025:
1. Personalised digital recognition
In a hybrid or remote work environment, simple in-person interactions may be limited, so it’s important to use digital tools to show appreciation. Take the time to send personalised notes of appreciation through email, or your internal messaging platforms like Slack. For example, you could highlight a specific contribution they’ve made, share something unique about their personality that you admire, or send custom-designed e-cards.
Why it works: Personalised recognition shows that you see and value the individual for more than just their work output, building stronger emotional connections.
2. Support their growth and wellbeing
Demonstrating love isn’t just about recognition; it’s also about actively supporting your colleagues’ personal and professional growth. In 2025, people are increasingly prioritising mental health and work-life balance. To support this, encourage development opportunities like training, online courses, or leadership programs. Make space for conversations about work-life balance and share resources like articles, podcasts, or videos that align with the culture you’re striving for.
Why it works: Supporting someone’s growth is a powerful way to show you care about their success beyond just the immediate tasks they complete.
3. Celebrate milestones and achievements (big and small)
In 2025, creative and thoughtful celebrations of milestones will continue to have an important place in workplace culture, especially in virtual settings. Whether you share a public shout-out on company social media channels to announce a personal achievement, or give meaningful, non-material birthday gifts such as their favourite magazine subscription, how you choose to acknowledge these milestones is important.
Why it works: This is your opportunity to express gratitude for the accomplishments achieved throughout the year. It will encourage others to work hard for rewards and recognition.
By embracing these thoughtful ways to show love, you’ll cultivate a culture where your colleagues feel valued, supported, and connected as the modern workplace evolves.
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