HR Musings - Boss Day

"Every year, this day, the world rallies around  to recognize those in supervisory positions.

This year let's join them, as we give our bosses a pat on the back, a candid feedback and a tribute for all those hard decisions made..."

This is the mail that we sent out on the 15th of October, this year at Kancor.

A year ago, when my Boss passingly mentioned about a Day called the Boss' Day, we were too caught up with other things to spend time and think about this concept.

This year, with a team to support me, and with the fact that we could squeeze in some time to think of doing something, we tried to out our thinking caps.

Every year, every month, every day, every second and every moment, we work on different things for each of our organizations. We do things to achieve our goals, to fulfill our passions and also to bring home to the table the money required. And amidst all this, we expect that the hard work we put in, the hours we pulled off, the effort and the results of those efforts be appreciated by our bosses.

So we thought…

Why not set aside a day, to return the same to the bosses…

Why not let them know they have done a good job…

Why not let them receive a candid feedback…

Why not give them a pat on their back...

That's when we decided to send this mail informing people about bosses day. This spark arising from one mail triggered many mails from individuals to their bosses…

Is that it?

Well, that's not all….

We had some custom made gifts like trophies, plaques and posters for each boss with either the names or the photographs of their team members. We had mini huddles arranged on another day, in which each team or cascade of managers from one team got together and had a mini time together. This meeting was one were the team got together, gave a small token to the manager and anonymous slips of paper which gave feedback to the manager on things that they liked in him/her and the change that the manager could perhaps consider.

These meetings and feedbacks were not limited to a location or a grade. These meetings transcended 5 locations and started at the MD level and ended at the executive level.

Jayamohan and his Team

Shaju and his Team

Though hectic, it was a good day. The best was the feeling of oneness with the team that put in so much effort to make this possible, despite the many obstacles that we faced.

Kudos to my team of Office - Deepa, Jeevan, Kurien, Jayesh, Joseph,  Saran and the rest of the team - You guys encourage me to plough ahead with these activities.

Let's keep spreading the smile and joy!!! :)