12 Top Gift Ideas for Bosses and Office Gift Exchanges!

You can get Al Morale software for same-day delivery by ordering the downloadable version for just $14.95. The software comes with nearly 150 funny comments, plus he'll address your boss by a grandiose title like "Big Kahuna" or "Your Highness."

Order by credit card and download the software right away! The single-user software is only $14.95.

2. Stress Relief Toys!

Desk Toy Box is loaded with toys for escaping day-to-day stress and retaining a playful outlook. The Desk Toy Box includes cool things to squish, bend, stretch and whirl your cares away. And at $24.99, it's a bargain compared to buying all these items separately. (But if you want to buy just a few specific office toys, there's no better play than Office Playground.)

3. Career Advice by Dave Barry

"Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week" By Dave Barry (Order for just $10.36 at Amazon.com)

This book is so funny, your boss or colleagues will have eyes full of tears from laughing. Really! This is quite possibly the funniest book every written about the modern workplace. Dave Barry's "Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week" delivers sweet comic relief from workplace stress.

4. Meeting Time / Cost Calculator

Ready to become the office hero? All you need to do is eliminate meetings. But since that's not going to happen, how about shorter meetings? Just $25 buys this meeting time/cost calculator. Just punch in the estimated value of everyone's time and press the start button. This gadget will keep a running total of the meeting's estimated cost as time elapses. The "Bring Tim" device reminds everyone to keep it short. Order for $24.99 at www.bringtim.com

5. The Cubes

The Cubes Give your boss a playful reminder of what it's like out there in the cube farm. This hilarious playset features "Bob", who occupies a small desk surrounded by four gray walls and stares at a computer monitor for a living. This office cube set includes all the parts to build a classic corporate cube: one 2.75-inch plastic figure, 4 walls, desk, chair, file cabinet, in/out box, phone, and computer. Also includes one Cube Décor Sticker Sheet and one Job Title Sticker Sheet. Got Bob? You can for just $12.99. Office Playground

6. Be a Team Player, Not a Ball Hog

Satisfy the sports maniac in your office with this assortment of four popular sports balls. There's a football, basketball, baseball and soccer ball. If your co-worker is always tossing sports cliches at you, here's your chance to score big with a brilliant gift move. And at just $9.99, you can't lose! Office Playground

7. Chillax with a Zen Garden

Need a gift with good karma? The Zen Garden is the way. The ancient art of Zen gardening will help your boss achieve balance and harmony by creating serene patterns with rocks and sand in a 9x9x2 inch rosewood garden space. The garden includes a Book of Meditations to guide your boss to a state of mind where stress and chaos will just have to get their own beach. And at just $29.99 for the deluxe model, it's a whole lot cheaper than therapy. Office Playground

8. Gumball Machine

Got gum? Your boss will with this great Gumball Machine. This colorful, antique-styled gumball machine is metal and 15-inches high. It dispenses gumballs, jellybeans, peanuts and more. Make a sweet impression for just $39.99. Visit this link and search for other versions of the gumball machine -- there are many sizes and prices. Great gift! Just don't spend all your paycheck buying gumballs from the boss. Office Playground

9. The Levity Effect:Why It Pays to Lighten Up

"The Levity Effect: Why It Pays to Lighten Up" By Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher (Order for just $15.61 at Amazon.com)

Office humor raises morale and profits, according to this new book by two motivational consultants. Writer Gostick says, "We define levity as more of a lightness, more being fun than being funny." So don't worry that this book requires you to be Jerry Seinfeld in addition to your regular duties. The book provides examples from companies such as Lego America, Google, Whole Foods. Benefits of a fun workplace include higher employee loyalty, health benefits, stress reduction and more.

10. Fun with Fish

Here's a gift that may help everybody feel good. It's a fun treatment of a serious subject: workplace morale. This book and companion DVD gives your boss or co-workers insights and inspiration for how to improve office morale. A great gift to help start the new year with a fresh outlook!

Fish! Sticks: A Remarkable Way to Adapt to Changing Times and Keep Your Work Fresh with DVD is part of the popular series of Fish! motivational materials.Order from Amazon.com for discount price of just $13.97. (Includes book and DVD!)

11. Joy at Work

Joy At Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun On The Job Many books on the subject of fun in the workplace are written by consultants who study many companies. But what might the boss of a large company have to say on the subject? This memoir by Dennis Bakke, co-founder and a CEO of AES, a large energy company with over 40,000 employees, presents a view from the top about the importance of human values in the workplace.

Joy at Work may be the inspiration your boss is seeking. Order from Amazon.com for discount price of just $16.47 (Hardcover).

12. Fun Works

''Fun Works -- Creating Places Where People Love to Work'' by Leslie Yerkes.

Help your boss or co-workers make work fun for both of you. This new book dives deep into the work ethic mindsets that trap us into thinking fun is at best an add-on to the work day. The author offers lots of fun examples of real companies that make fun work. She also explains the how and why of integrating fun into your workplace. Order from Amazon.com for just $13.27.

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