I think my neighbor Peter has the right attitude about humour at work. He's a semi-retired family court judge who, at Easter time, would don a bunny outfit and hop into the staff's offices delivering chocolate eggs. You can imagine the staff's belly-laughs echoing in chambers at seeing Judge Peter transformed into Peter Rabbit. And they were devoted to him. As a leader trying to strengthen staff loyalty and enhance team spirit, do you use self-effacing humour? It is a risk requiring humility, security, and courage. Those are strong character traits. Maybe that's why, ironically, at an almost subconscious level we have more respect for those people who take themselves less seriously.
Today's chuckle:
We were born naked, wet and hungry. Then things go worse.
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