Humor in the workplace means everyone having a place to work that they feel comfortable in. It helps people want to come to work. Then once they get there, it makes each day go by faster. Plus, it helps everyone accomplish more.
* People Listen More – If a leader is humorous, people tend to listen to them more. When people listen, so much more work gets done because they know what to do, why they’re doing it, and how they’re doing it.
* It’s Easier to Remember Important Information – When you want someone to remember something, using humor can help tremendously. When you make people laugh, they also remember you. That laughter helps them remember important information that you want them to take away.
* Humor Is Persuasive – This works especially well when people already have a different idea of how they want things to be. When you use humor to show your side, it doesn’t feel like you’re trying to make them do things they don’t want to do. Instead, it makes them listen more to what you’re trying to impart, thus helping them be more likely to do things your way.
* People Like Humorous People More – It’s just a fact that we love to laugh. Laughter is thought to be “the best medicine” in many cultures. Laughter is the same in every culture too. When you really let out a good laugh, feel-good endorphins are delivered throughout your body and therefore, you end up liking the people you laughed with more.
* It Connects People – If you’ve ever witnessed a speech at any type of event, the most successful speakers use humor to connect with the audience. Not only does that laughter connect speaker and audience, it also connects audience members to audience members due to the shared laughter.
* It’s an Equalizer – Humor helps when you have different types of people together in a room for a meeting. Managers, CEOs and workers having a sense of humor really can bring everyone together in a more human and equal way than just having a normal boring meeting.
* Humor Provides Motivation – When a manager or CEO has a sense of humor, it seems like others really want to follow them even more. It motivates people to want to please them because they want to be liked as much as they like the person.
* Makes Work Fun – Surveys show that most people hate their jobs. Isn’t that the saddest thing you’ve ever heard? This doesn’t have to happen to the places you work or the people you lead – whether you work from home or in a bricks-and-mortar business. You can use humor to make work more fun.
Humor in the workplace is essential to building a team, motivating everyone, and creating innovative new ideas that get results. Of course, the humor needs to be work appropriate. We’re not talking about blue humor. We’re talking about work-appropriate, mixed company-appropriate humor. When you know how to do that, you can revitalize your workplace to a place where people want to be.
