Boss Gift Ideas that Work

Finding the perfect gift idea for you boss is as as easy as knowing what they like.

There are good bosses and there are lousy bosses. We all know that. A good boss is a real treasure and deserves every gift he or she gets. A lousy boss might just improve with a little vote of confidence. A small gesture from you and your fellow employees can go a long way.

The choice of gifts is endless. You can arrange a meal in a restaurant. You could buy tickets for a local show. There are unique keepsakes that will always be remembered. Sometimes, it’s just best to go with a humorous gift and keep everything light and easy. There are also times when economy is everything and the gift needs to be, well, lets say... very, very inexpensive.

Some of the best ideas, tried and tested, are laid out below. Whatever your boss enjoys in life, you will find the perfect gift idea.

National Bosses Day.

Just in case you forgot, its October 16..

Where do you start?

If your boss has a real passion- a hobby or activity that they just love, then this is a great place to start the thinking process.

Do they play tennis? Is it music that they like to lose themselves in? Are they a golfer?

Whether it’s crocheting bedspreads or taxidermy that occupy’s your boss’ spare moments there are gifts related to their pastime that will delight them.

On the other hand, if you don't think the personal touch is what you want, you could skip to the strictly business gifts below.

Something that pleases almost everyone is an attractive picture frame like the one to the right which comes with a business card case.

Gift Ideas for some Popular Hobbies.

Golf gifts: If you just settle for a packet of golf balls that can be pretty corny but there are some unusual and desirable golf gifts out there.

http://www.thegolfcollection.com/ has dozens of gift ideas. They also sell fifty dollar gift vouchers.

The GPS system pictured right gives golfers their exact location on a course and the precise distance to the hole. This makes club selection much easier and cuts the number of shots dramatically. Priced at around $150.00. For the boss who wants to win.

At a more economical price of around $75 is the IZZO Swami 1500 Golf GPS Unit. It is one of the most popular golf GPS aids in the business.

Gardening Gifts

Rushhgideon.com have some neat garden-related gifts with carry smart cases for garden tools, cast iron table toppers and glass garden decorations. Amazon have some great gardening gifts like the spa set below to bring relief to a gardeners aches and pains!

Fishing gifts: Fishandgifts.com has a lot of gifts. If your boss is a fishing enthusiast there has to be something here. Some gifts are very sensible like clothes to keep you warm in the great outdoors. Some are just for fun.

I picked out the mail boxes because they have to be unique. The bass mail box might be the perfect gift for the boss who likes to talk too much.

Gifts for the outdoors-lover:findgift.com has everything from outdoor director's chairs to picnic hampers.

Magazine subscription- maybe a year’s subscription to a magazine that covers your boss's pastime would be the perfect thing.

Other Hobby Gifts

Almost every hobby is catered for gift-wise online. Just try a google or yahoo search. If you are really struggling you could search amazon,com for DVDs and books about the pastime.

Strictly Business Gift Ideas

These are aren’t so personal but maybe you don’t want to be personal. Maybe he or she is that kind of boss.

Food presentation baskets can go down well and there are plenty to chose from with every kind of luxury.

Gift Basket Village have the gift pictured right for about 60 dollars with plenty of others to choose from in a wide price range..

Amazon also offer a good range including the Bon Apetit basket from Country Wine which has plenty of exotic nibbles and a chocoholics basket from Grand Ghirardelli.

Keepsakes

Alabama goods have some usual gift ideas like the antler pen shown to the right. Of course, these wouldn’t go down so well for any strict vegans. For them, you could try the hand-turned tiger's eye pen from the same site.

Alabamagoods.com/keepsakes.html

Business Gifts

The site below has a good range of office gifts. There are personalized mouse pads (they print your bosses name on the design of your choice). They have glittery hooks to keep purses off the floor and, of course, all those stress buster toys.

gifts.coms/business-executive-gifts/

The teddy bear might not be appropriate for every boss.

Tickets for a Show.

If there is a show nearby that you think your boss might like, get a ticket for them and their partner. If they don’t have a partner give them two tickets anyway. Encourage some dating. This is especially good for lousy bosses. It could really lighten the work place mood and be good for everybody.

If you make sure that the ticket dates are well in advance and that the date and time can be changed, their is a better chance of a good evening. If the worst comes to the worst, the tickets can be traded in for cash.

Ticketmaster.com have tickets for almost every kind of event, in every area of the country. If you search by city or zip code you will find something nearby. It might be a mega music concert, a family show at the local theatre or just a movie.

Day’s Out

Tickets to a local place of interest like a zoo, museum, cable car ride, or even a paintball battle zone might go down well. Again, you need to know your boss’s interests. A search for places of interest in your area should come up with something. The kind of ticket that can be used anytime is ideal.

Meals

You could organize a meal in a local restaurant or give a voucher Most national food chains have these and a lot of local restaurants too.

Gifts on the Cheap

Not every boss deserves having a lot of money spent on them. At other times, they do deserve recognition but hard times stop people being lavish. So here are the economy boss gift ideas.

A card (hand made, maybe) signed by everyone in the work place. This can be a really nice touch or it can be terrible. How creative are you feeling?

What often works is persuading everyone in the work place to write a funny (or a touching story) about the boss. Cards like this can become treasured mementos.

Alcohol: A bottle of your boss’s preferred poison. This may be the last (desperate) gift idea but not many people will refuse a drop of their favorite. (If they are recovering alcoholics, you should probably avoid this).

Of course, if you buy a good champagne or a vintage wine for a wine lover then that is a different story. That falls into catering for a passionate hobby and could make you very popular.

Personalized wine- Some sites have wines that you can personalize online with the bosses name or the company: Personal Wine dot com is one of the best. There are plenty of accessories to chose from as well like corkscrews, stoppers etc.

A plant from home that you have raised yourself. You might need to dig it up and put it in a pot. If the roots are hanging out of a bundle of old newspaper this will definitely give the game away.

Something you found in the attic. This might sound so cheap you just couldn’t do it but, believe me, people do. We all have gifts we just never use, so why not go green and recycle? Make sure it wasn’t an unwanted gift that your boss gave you long ago.