Light Touch: How to Use Humor for Business Success
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Rating | : | 4.65 (995 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0671725300 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-01-12 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A lighter touch helps ease tensions and increases morale and productivity.. A communications consultant focuses on a vital aspect of communication--humor--to show how this forgotten tool can dramatically alter the way business is done
Practical Advice Humor can be a tool for effective workplace communication if used properly. Kushner bills himself as "humor consultant" and in this book describes how to make his advice work for you. Among the contexts he lists are: conflict management, motivation, handling awkward situations, improving productivity, influencing coporate culture, and improving interoffice correspond. Want to be humorous without being a clown? This is the book pattschwab@aol.com This is a tremendous book for upper level managers on the use (and misuse) of humor in the workplace. Kushner is informative and helpful without being silly. He treats his reader as an adult and although there are smiles and laughs aplenty throughout, he never forgets that his goal is to provide some workable techniques for using humor as a management tool to enhance