Originally Posted by DelrayChris

of course.. I was only saying how I will run things in the future. I have a friend who is the manager of another group in the company who takes matters into her own hands all of the time.

For Christmas, she purchased gift certificates for the people (about 15) on her team. The best part of it all was that she paid for it on her own and used some of her bonus money.

She has the most loyal and committed team I have seen.