Um, what should I get my co-workers for the holidays?
The Crux guide to stress-free shopping for everyone in the office.
It’s that magical time of year when it feels like you’re just seeing how many meetings you can push into the new year. So rather than share career advice this week, we thought we’d lean into the season and give you a little holiday shopping inspiration.
We’ll be back to regularly scheduled programming soon. So if you have a career question you’d like answered, we’d love to hear it, and help answer it. Send it our way right here.
In the meantime, here are our top picks for gifts this year:
For Your Boss Who You Love
A personalized gift that’ll show them this wasn’t a last minute idea, such as notecards, a mug, or a scotch glass
A fresh flower subscription to brighten their day…every month
A gift card to bookshop.org so they can get some much-needed time away from the screen
A Nespresso because, you know, Mondays
For Your Boss Who Is Fine
Inoffensive candles that smell great, such as NEST or homesick
A travel book to inspire them to take vacation
A coffee mug with warmer for all the hours they spend in meetings
For Your Favorite Co-worker
A notebook or journal they’ll actually use
Gift cards to neighborhood faves near the office (the only rule is you have to go together)
A wine coozie so the bottle stays cold for the entirety of your venting session
For Your Team
A cookie sampler pack that’ll last the entire
holiday seasonweek from Tate’s or Cheryl’sAn Amazon gift card (because you can’t give them cash)
An easy-to-keep-alive plant to brighten up their desk
For Your Secret Santa Who You Don’t Really Know
Desk Tchotchkes to brighten even the worst meetings
A custom snack box so they get exactly what they want
Trendy chocolates from Tony’s
A fun holiday puzzle from Jiggy
For Yourself
A Zen garden (it’s been a year)
A membership to Masterclass (bonus: it’s two-for-one right now!)
A work wellness card deck that’ll break you out of a mid-week rut
A coaching session! We’re biased, but we think the coaches we feature here are the best place to start.
Book a session with Jenny Foss
Book a session with Ally Sprague
Book a session with Jess Wass
Book a session with Jessica Harley
A career book. Try:
The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness recommended by Ally Sprague
The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World recommended by Jenny Foss
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity recommended by Jessica Harley
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less recommended by Jess Wass
Happy shopping! If you need ideas for anyone extra-hard-to-shop-for, send us a note—and we’ll share some ideas in the next newsletter.
Heads up: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links, so Crux may get a commission when you purchase them. But just like the coaches we feature, all of these products are things that we would personally recommend to our friends.