Stories, insights & thoughts

The checklist for optimising your onboarding process. A smooth start: what’s the best way to onboard a new employee? Make sure to include every step and you’re sure to make a great first impression.

We sent out a survey to over 1,000 employees in Belgium, and 1,000 employees in the Nether­lands, in close col­lab­o­ra­tion with market research agency InSites Consulting to find out what makes the perfect employee gift.

Cultivate engagement and loyalty with thoughtful recog­ni­tion ini­tia­tives. This survey is the starting point for a more sus­tain­able work envi­ron­ment.

We’re happy to help you look for the ideal end-of-year employee gift.

Would you rather put a smile on someone else’s face than buy a gift for yourself? At Kadonation you can now donate your gift to four charities.

Chapman & White, authors of The Five Languages of Appre­ci­a­tion in the Workplace, discovered 5 different ways or ​‘languages’ to express your appre­ci­a­tion.

What should you do when a colleague retires? What’s the best kind of send-off? Our handy checklist has all the tips you need.

Organ­i­sa­tions that invest heavily in appre­ci­a­tion have 31% less staff turnover. Discover why it’s so important to invest in your team!

How do you, as an HR manager, decide which moments make a real impact? In this blog post, we provide you with some ways to recognise the key moments and to get the most out of them.

Kadonation helps you optimise your onboarding. Improve your process and with it your employee job sat­is­fac­tion.

Make your employees feel extra special on those important occasions in life like birthdays, weddings and anniver­saries with the perfect employee gifts from Kadonation!

Need an employee gift? View the range of Kadonation options and make your employees really happy!

Learn all about the traditions and history behind birthdays.

Which factors are crucial for your employees’ happiness at work? Find out everything you need to know in this blog post.

A solid onboarding process is paramount to your new employee’s success. Some tips and pointers to help you optimize the process.

In this article we give you a look behind the scenes at Kadonation!

Let your employees choose their own staff gift. Choose the Kadonation Gift Card, add a personal message and put your trust in Kadonation!

Fantastic news: Kadonation wins Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 in the Digital Commerce category and is the third fastest growing company in Belgium!

Increase your team’s happiness at work with a personal gift on those occasions that really matter!

Ask your staff about the employee gifts they receive and find out how satisfied they are with them.

If you really want to stand out and make an impact with your company or customer gifts, one thing is absolutely essential… per­son­al­i­sa­tion!

As an organ­i­sa­tion, how can you keep your employees engaged, motivated and happy? This step-by-step plan for more happiness at work will get you started!

A physical Christmas gift from your employer or a little extra in your next pay cheque?

At Kadonation, we’ve been making sure heart­warm­ing gifts reach the right person for more than seven years. That’s why we’re confident that we have a good idea of​which occasions it is essential for an organ­i­sa­tion to ​‘give something back’.

How did Kadonation come about? And what is the story behind the growth path we’ve been on since then? All will be revealed in this blog!

At Kadonation we like to contribute to the well-being of our planet and therefore we col­lab­o­rate with WeForest.

Organ­i­sa­tions are currently facing many new challenges. The workplace is more diverse than ever, with different gen­er­a­tions each with their own needs and pref­er­ences. Many companies are more than ever putting workplace happiness, , appre­ci­a­tion and recog­ni­tion of employees high on the priority list. People who feel appre­ci­at­ed become happier.

Did you know that 4 out of 10 employees would like to receive a birthday gift from their employer? How not to forget anyone in this process, read it here!

How to show your employees appre­ci­a­tion? The more personal and unique you do it, the greater the effect. We’d like to help you on your way with 6 concrete how to’s.

Kadonation gives you tips for a good off­board­ing process. About the right kind of exit strategy and leaving the door open to boomerang employees.

Concrete ideas to get your new employees off to a great start. Kadonation helps you improve your onboarding process for their first day of work.

Staff gifts are tax deductible and a great way to show your appre­ci­a­tion for your staff. Kadonation wrote a free white paper about it.

Employee gifts also offer an ideal oppor­tu­ni­ty to optimise your employees’ salaries. This blog gives you a clear overview of the options and outlines the legal conditions for each one.

Your checklist for fiscally beneficial business gifts in 2025 (Belgium).

This guide lists the different budgets per employee gift. For everything from a newborn to end of year, Kadonation helps you give the best gifts!

Your checklist for fiscally beneficial staff gifts.

Your checklist for fiscally beneficial business gifts in 2025 (The Nether­lands).

A well-thought-out gifting policy can lead to increased loyalty, more satisfied employees and a stronger company culture. But how do you get started on a gift policy with impact? We list the key things you need to know.

There are various ways to organise your gifting policy Do you opt for a cen­tralised or decen­tralised gifting policy, or a mix of both? For a lot of organ­i­sa­tions, this is a big decision. So let’s take a closer look at the pros and cons of each system. 

Appre­ci­a­tion works. Even a simple gesture can motivate employees to go the extra mile. The secret? Reci­procity. When people receive something, they instinc­tive­ly feel inclined to give something back. In this blog, you’ll discover how reci­procity works and how you as an employer or HR pro­fes­sion­al can apply this principle strate­gi­cal­ly.

The gift gap is the difference between what the giver intended and how the recipient expe­ri­ences the gift. In a business envi­ron­ment, this mismatch can cause appre­ci­a­tion to be mis­un­der­stood or even coun­ter­pro­duc­tive. For­tu­nate­ly, with the right approach, you can minimise the gift gap and choose gifts that really make an impact.

Non-financial rewards are not a nice-to-have, but a must. They are what makes the difference between ​‘work’ and ​‘this is where I want to stay’. In this blog you’ll discover why and how you as an HR pro­fes­sion­al can embed recog­ni­tion in your organ­i­sa­tion. No empty words, but practical actions with real impact.