How Does Your Team Celebrate a Promotion???

[lovecookn]

What does your team/cluster/director do when someone promotes to director? Is there a party at the meeting? Special goodies? Like what? Send flowers? Red apron? Cash/gift cards? I observed what I thought was beyond tacky and hugely disappointing, almost embarrassing...but before I go into details, I would love to hear what is normal for other teams.Please share! The good the bad, and the terribly tacky:blushing:

 

[Teresa Lynn]

some things are the same each time a large cake decorated for them to share with their family
sparkling cider, balloons, those aprty bloweers and Celebrate or congrats dec.
bouquet of flowers & a gift
we used to have a red carpet we rolled out you could use a red piece of fabric or roll of plastic tablecloth
we customize it to the person some get tiaras, we make it lots of fun

soem

 

[BethCooks4U]

When I promoted I got a red apron with my name on it. She had her kids make construction and yarn signs to put around my neck with all the director benefits as a pile on visual. (tradition in our line that all new directors get that apron)When I earned my first trip I got a $1 case to put soap in and a $1 bottle of body wash (I was with her when she bought it). When we left the store she said let's go get a pedi. I thought she was treating but she just paid for hers and I paid for mine.While I wasn't looking to be showered with gifts it was disappointing that she didn't do something nicer. I am always giving my team gifts. So much so that last meeting one of them walked into my office and said "what goodies do you have for us". Yeah. That's changing. I am now rewarding behavior. No more, you submitted the minimum -here's a gift.Sorry I got off track there a little but it made me think!You know it's not the gift, or what you spend. It's what you make them feel like, how you show your pride and appreciation.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

When I promoted, I got a bouquet of roses, and a Star wall hanging for my office to remind me to keep reaching for the Stars. Because my promotion was also my directors promotion to AD, our SD came to our meeting and did the meeting for us with the celebration for both of us.

 

[Teresa Lynn]

oh and the directors take them to a special lunch