leadership

Laughing All the Way to the Bank

March 2, 2009

A study of executives shared in the Harvard Business Review showed a positive correlation of an executive’s pay to the number of times they used humor.  The study, shared in the article Laughing All the Way to the Bank, looked at senior executives at a large corporation and measured them on their use of humor, [...]

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Getting Serious About Workplace Humor

February 16, 2009

“Humor has a place in almost every work environment,” says Martha Craumer in Getting Serious About Workplace Humor, an artice in a Harvard Managment Communication Letter I found from 2002.  The article explores some of the key advantages to office humor. Some of the highlights from the article: “‘People who use [humor], particularly in stressful [...]

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Let the Good Times Roll: Building a Fun Culture

February 9, 2009

An article from the Harvard Management Update explores the use of humor in building a strong culture at work.  The article, Let the Good Times Roll: Building a Fun Culture by David Stauffer explores the value of humor and ways to incorporate it correctly in the workplace. Some of the key points from the article: [...]

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Why Leaders Use Humor

January 7, 2009

Note: This is part 3 of a 5 part series detailing why it’s important to have humor in the workplace.  This post explores the use of humor to enhance leadership skills. Eisenhower once said, “A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”  If [...]

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