Group recognition and team building are excellent tools for boosting morale, but one of the most effective, and yet often overlooked ways to recognize employees is to celebrate their birthday and their work anniversary. An employee birthday or anniversary is a chance for one person to stand in the limelight and be recognized separately. For one day, it’s their day. Even if the work day goes along as usual, with the same start time and stop time, and the same work, the day feels different when an employee birthday or anniversary is being celebrated.