World Boss’s Day – 16th October
What Does This Mean?
Boss’s Day (also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day) is a secular holiday celebrated[citation needed] on October 16 in the United States. It has traditionally been a day for employees to thank their boss for being kind and fair throughout the year. The holiday has been the source of some controversy and criticism in the United States, where it is often mocked as a Hallmark Holiday. Recently, sites like Hallmark have recognized the holiday with a contemporary spin.
History of the Event:
Patricia Bays Haroski registered “National Boss’s Day” with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. She was working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois at the time and chose October 16th because it was the birthday of her boss, who happened to be her father.
Four years later in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski’s registration and officially proclaimed the day.
National Boss’s Day has become an international celebration in recent years and now is observed in countries such as England, Australia and South Africa.
Hallmark did not offer a Boss’s Day card for sale until 1979, but increased the size of its National Boss Day line by 90 percent in 2007 by creating collections of new and innovative cards.
Other Details:
National Boss’s Day is usually celebrated by presenting one’s boss with a small gift or greeting card. It is also customary to treat one’s boss with extreme kindness, very similar to a birthday. In return the boss treats the team lavishly with an outing.
When: Always on October 16th
Now here is a day that gives you a chance to both tell and show the boss what you really think of him or her. And, to give your boss the appreciation that he or she truely deserves. So go right ahead and give it to him…..give it to him good! After all, it only comes around once a year.
What Makes a Good Boss?
Here are some attributes people say make for the best boss:
- Fair
- Honest
- Understanding
- Approachable
- A good communicator
History:
The origin of Bosses Day dates back to 1958. Patricia Bays Haroski, an employee at State Farm Insurance Company in Illinois, registered it with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Haroski chose the date because it was her father’s birthday. Who was her boss? ….her father.
Best Way to Send Greetings to Your Boss on World Boss’s Day:
Patricia Haroski, a secretary from Deerfield, Ilinois, originated National Boss Day in 1958 in honor of her white-collar father, who helped all of his children with good advice throughout their careers.
In honor of the elder Haroski’s birthday – October 16 – daughter Patricia registered the day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Four years later, National Boss Day was backed by Illinois Governor Otto Kerner who officially proclaimed the day in 1962. The idea quickly gained favor across the country and is now even observed in England, Australia and South Africa.
Today, National Boss Day (or Bosses Day) always falls on October 16 and is traditionally celebrated with greeting cards, e-cards, flowers, gifts, and a few extra smiles in honor of the big Boss Man or Lady…
Bosses Day E-Cards – A good selection with dozens of Boss’s Day e-cards including Flash, animated and postcard greetings.
Free Boss’s Day Cards – Featuring sincere “thanks you’s” to funny sentiments of the day, from American Greetings.
Boss’s Day: 25 Practical Gift Ideas – How about chipping in for lunch? Plus more suggestions including trophies, or favorite books, theater tickets and lots more ideas for the boss’s special day.
Bosses Day Quotes – A collection of some witty and profound thoughts on the subject of work and leadership, from the Quote Garden.
Top Ten Things That Make a Great Boss – Honor a great boss who might resemble the one here (or give a bad boss some helpful hints…)
For Boss Day, a few tips for the fearless leader – MSNBC report with more tips on what makes a great boss.
Fast Facts About American Bosses – Interesting factoids and trivia, from FastCompany.com.
Managing Your Boss – A good read anytime of year with expert advice for managing up – featuring tips on how to build positive relationships with bosses and managers, suggested reading & related links.
Boss’s Day Quotations & Sayings:
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. ~Robert Frost
I’ve met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work. And it was just my luck that all of them happened to be men I was working for at the time. ~Bill Gold
One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. ~Dennis A. Peer
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. ~Doug Larson
Ability is what will get you to the top if the boss has no daughter. ~Author Unknown
Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. ~Thomas J. Watson
If a trainstation is where the train stops, what’s a workstation? ~Author Unknown
Monday is a lame way to spend 1/7 of your life. ~Author Unknown
The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Most people like hard work. Particularly when they are paying for it. ~Franklin P. Jones
Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. ~Howard Aiken
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.” ~Dave Barry, “Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn”
The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week. ~Robert Frost
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