Leading by Laughing: Using Humor for Success

A well-developed sense of humor is essential to successful leadership. In this book I will help you be a better leader by improving your use of humor for leadership purposes. I'll use insights from psychologists, researchers in organizations, leadership gurus and famous comedians to explain the complexities of humor and how to use it for different purposes with varied audiences. I'll also review current thinking about leadership itself, showing how humor is an available tool to accomplish many of the duties of leaders. I'll show you specific ways successful leaders have used humor in their organizations from corporations, small businesses, education, churches, health care and the military. I'll also show you how you can improve your personal sense of humor through practice, doing things every day that make you better at it, and through observation, watching people who really do humor well. And I'll give you 100+ humorous things you can try in your work as a leader.