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Services Menu Toggle Virtual Workshops In-Person Workshops Coaching FOR INDIVIDUALS Contact FREE CLARITY SESSION FREE CLARITY SESSION create a positive work culture, increase productivity, and reduce stress using humor Humor shapes an organization’s culture and positively impacts employee morale, productivity and group cohesiveness. In other words, it can help you manage your most challenging and most important resource - humans. LEARN MORE The Current Way Of Working Isn’t Actually Working And when the average person works 90,000 hours in their lifetime... the current way of living, isn’t really living. WHILE YOUR TEAM DEALS WITH... Increased workload and expectations A regimented and strict culture Disengagement and lack of drive Lack of loyalty and trust between colleagues Self maximizing team members Feeling isolated and under appreciated People who reply-to-all in emails Not getting enough enjoyment from work YOU STRUGGLE WITH... Delivering stretch goals with less resources Building the right culture for your team Motivating your people without becoming Tony Robbins Finding team-building exercises that actually build the team Managing personalities so the entire team wins Breaking down silos and giving appropriate recognition People who reply-to-all in emails Not getting enough enjoyment from work Luckily for you, Humor That Works has everything you need to develop yourself and your team all in one place. Ready to find out how we can work together? Schedule a free Humor Strategy Call. We’re eagerly waiting by the phone email. SCHEDULE A STRATEGY CALL SERVICES How We Help? At Humor That Works, we’ve worked with 250+ organizations on how to increase employee effectiveness through humor. Schedule your free Strategic Humor Session today, or read more about our services below. VIRTUAL Flexible, scalable & engaging. We offer a variety of digital experiences. WORKSHOPS Relevant to your work environment and needs. Don’t just learn, practice. COACHING Intimate, hyper-specific and custom tailored to your specific needs. ALL SERVICES SERVICES How We Help? At Humor That Works, we’ve worked with 250+ organizations on how to increase employee effectiveness through humor. Schedule your free Strategic Humor Session today, or read more about our services below. VIRTUAL Flexible, scalable & engaging. We offer a variety of digital experiences. WORKSHOPS Relevant to your work environment and needs. Don’t just learn, practice. COACHING Intimate, hyper-specific and custom tailored to your specific needs. ALL SERVICES Why Humor? 40 research-backed Benefits of Humor (hover over each for a surprise) Humor + EXECUTION • Improves productivity. ’In one study of more than 2,500 employees, 81 percent said they believe a fun working environment would make them more productive.’ - Humor in the Workplace: Anecdotal Evidence Suggests Connection to Employee Performance, Lauren Breeze. Perspectives in Business, St Edwards University, 2004. • Reduces stress. ’People with a sense of humor report less stress and anxiety than those with a low sense of humor, despite experiencing the same number of problems at work.’ - Humor, stress, and coping strategies. By Millicent H. Abel. HUMOR. 2002, Vol 15; Part 4 • Prevents burnout. ’Humor has also been identified as a communication tool that, when used effectively, can prevent burnout and create a resilience to stress.’ - On the association between humor and burnout”, Laura Talbot. International Journal of Humor Research, 2009 • Provides motivation. ’The use of humor in organizations has been associated with improving morale among workers, creating a more positive organizational culture, … and increasing motivation.’ - A funny thing happened on the way to the bottom line, B.J. Avolio. Academy of Management Journal Vol 42, 1999 • Increases paycheck size. ’The size of their bonuses correlated positively with their use of humor – ‘In other words, the funnier the executives were, the bigger the bonuses. - Laughing All the Way to the Bank”, Fabio Sala. Harvard Business Review, F0309A Humor + CONNECTION • Connects us with others. ’Positive sounds such as laughter or a triumphant ‘woo hoo!’ can trigger a response in the listener’s brain. The response is automatic and helps us interact socially by priming us to smile or laugh, and thereby connecting us with the other person. - Positive Emotions Preferentially Engage an Auditory-Motor Mirror” System, Jane E Warren. The Journal of Neuroscience, December 2006. • Fosters rapport. ’Humor is valued as a social asset and, exercised judiciously, confers upon its encoder the animated interest and welcoming approval of others. Sharing humor fosters rapport and intimacy and promotes friendship by showing common sentiment and reducing tensions.’ - Humour and Laughter”, The Handbook of Communication Skills, Hugh Foot. Routledge 2006. • Reduces status differentials ’Humor can help to reduce the social distance between managers and employees.’ - The power of emotional appeals in promoting organizational change programs, Shaul Fox. Academy of Management Executive Vol 15, 2001. • Builds trust. ’Negotiators who start an online transaction with a humorous experience will have more interpersonal trust, greater joint gains, and more satisfaction with the process and their partner’ - Humor as a relationship building tool in online deal making”, Terri Kurtzberg. International Journal of Conflict Management, 2009 • Encourages collaboration. ’A growing body of research shows that when you share a laugh with someone, you’re mirroring not only one another’s body language, but also the hormonal and neuronal activity, prompting a mutual investment in each other’s well-being. - Why Humor Makes You More Creative”, Drake Baer. FastCompany, May 2013. Humor + THINKING • Boosts overall brainpower. ’A dose of humor releases the chemical serotonin in your brain, which improves focus, increases objectivity and improves overall brainpower. - A Dash of Humor Ups Performance and Creativity at Work”, Robyn McMaster. Brain Based Biz, September 2008 • Improves decision-making. ’Positive moods prompt more flexible decision-making and wider search behavior and greater analytic precision.’ - Secret’s of America’s Happiest Companies”, Lydia Dishman. FastCompany, January 2013 • Improves the acceptance of new ideas. ’Unconventional interactions can lower the barrier for people to posit novel things.’ - Why Hewlett-Packard is Hiring Dancers”, Cheryl Strauss Einhorn. CNN Money, April 2013 • Triggers new connections. ’Humor in the design and problem solving classroom can promote divergent thinking.’ - Creativity – A framework for the design/problem solving discourse in Technology Education”, Theodore Lewis. Journal of Technology Education. 2005 • Enhances ones ability to solve problems. ’Studies have shown that simply watching comedy films can improve creative problem solving skills. - Sense of humor as predictor of creativity level in University undergraduates”, Saba Ghayas, Journal of Behavioural Sciences. 2013 Humor + LEADERSHIP • Enhances perceived leadership skills. ’People who use humor, particularly in stressful or seemingly one-down positions, are viewed as being on top of things, being in charge and in control, whether they are in fact or not. - Getting Serious About Workplace Humor”, Martha Craumer. Harvard Business School, C0207D. • Diffuses conflict. ’Humor has long been seen as the great equalizer—a means to facilitate conversation and bridge differences. As a matter of fact humor has been identified as a key factor in peace-building and international mediation.’ - Letter from the President, Jill Knox. AATH Humor Connection, September 2013. • Creates more opportunities. ’Research has shown that managers displaying a good sense of humor are given more opportunities in organizations than those without a sense of humor.’ - Humor in the Workplace: A Communication Challenge”, Robert A....