Everything-But-Basic Holiday & Thank You Gift Ideas for Your Professional Network

Updated: Nov 27, 2022

As we head into the winter holiday season, you may be thinking about your growth and success, and those that helped you along the way. So finding the perfect gift 🎁 for your clients, business partners, investors, team/coworkers or colleagues is probably on your radar. Obviously, a nice thank you email, handwritten note or gift card are easy options, but if you want to really razzle dazzle someone with a more practical or useful gift then keep reading.

It's that time of year, where everything is on "sale"...because well you know, holidays trigger capitalism, which triggers consumerism. Something about "excess inventory" or whatever 🙃. Anyways, everything magically becomes a deal the 5 days after Thanksgiving: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday (and lowkey Sunday), Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday.

So, we’ve put together a shortlist of everyday and unique gift ideas for the business relationships that matter most.

Sure you can purchase from big brands but we intentionally added options that allow you to circulate your dollar with smaller "mom & pop" brands. And in the words of the great Issa Rae “I’m rooting for everybody Black” so a few suggestions are Black-owned 😉. There's also a handful of other minority-owned brands too because inclusivity is important to us as well.

Hopefully, this takes away some of your stress and made it easier for you to show appreciation to folks within your professional network.

Comment below to let us know which items you decide to gift!

P.S. we know this is a list of "holiday" gifts but you can obviously buy most of these items year-round. Also, when you purchase through links on our site, we may earn affiliate commission at absolutely no additional cost to you.