Humor is also very important~

Humor, as a motivational art, plays an important role in daily interactions. It is easy to gather a group of employees who work for leaders and supervisors who are rich in the art of humor. The supervisor's humor will resolve many embarrassments and maintain the self-esteem of employees.

Many important figures in American history, such as Lincoln, Roosevelt, Wilson, etc., are all representatives who are good at using the art of humor. Once, Lincoln was walking and talking with a friend. When they walked to the corridor, a group of soldiers who had been waiting for a long time to receive the president's instructions cheered in unison, but the friend did not realize that he should step away. At this time, an adjutant came forward and reminded him to take eight steps back. The friend realized his rudeness and immediately blushed, but Lincoln immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Brander, you have to know that maybe they still I can’t tell who the president is!” Such a simple sentence immediately broke the awkward atmosphere of the scene.

People should be kind to themselves, others, and failures, pain, and even physical defects in life. If you look at it from a different angle, treat it with interesting thoughts and a relaxed mentality, maybe your life will be better. It will be filled with bright colors, and your originally melancholy mood will become brighter. A fat female politician in the United States laughed at herself in a campaign speech: "Once I put on a white swimsuit and swam in the sea, but it attracted Soviet bombers, thinking they had discovered an American warship." The result was amidst laughter. , voters did not notice her obesity, giving her an advantage in the election.

From a management perspective, humor is not just children's tricks and happy smiling faces, it should be complementary to improving production efficiency. With competition intensifying and economic turmoil, corporate employees are facing extraordinary pressure. For companies, how to maintain employee morale while stimulating their creativity and "thinking outside the box" is more important than ever.

Managers can often achieve good results by using humor in management. According to a survey of 1,160 managers in the United States: 77% tell jokes to break the deadlock in staff meetings; 52% believe humor helps them conduct business; 50% believe companies should consider hiring a "Humor consultants" to help employees relax; 39% advocate "having a good laugh" among employees. Some well-known multinational companies, from presidents to general department managers, have begun to integrate humor into daily management activities and use it as a new training method.

Humor can also harmonize relationships between people and resolve internal conflicts within the company. When the economic downturn forces companies to face layoffs, they can also use humor to resolve various risks that may arise during the layoffs process. Owens Fiber Company in the United States laid off 40% of its employees at the beginning of the new century. Considering the various problems that might arise, the company's management hired a special humor consultant to conduct interviews with more than 1,600 employees over two months. Employees implemented a humor plan and carried out various humor activities within the company. As a result, there were no dire consequences such as rioting, sabotage, threats, and suicide attempts that the company was worried about.

People like to get along with humorous people. In the West, a gentleman without a sense of humor is simply synonymous with being unattractive and stupid. Supervisors with a sense of humor are more likely to get along with their subordinates than those with a more serious attitude. Experienced supervisors all know that in order to make their subordinates work together with them, it is necessary to humanize their image through humor. So how can you become a humorous supervisor?

Read widely and broaden your knowledge. The more knowledge you accumulate, the more confident and comfortable you will be in interacting with various people on various occasions.

Cultivation of noble taste and optimistic belief. A narrow-minded, negative-thinking person will not have a sense of humor. Humor belongs to those who are broad-minded and full of enthusiasm for life.

Improve observation and imagination, and be good at using associations and metaphors. As a business executive, you must consciously train your response and adaptability to things.

Participate in more social interactions, contact more people of all kinds, enhance your social interaction skills, and also enhance your sense of humor.

Humor is a beautiful and healthy quality for managers. Proper use will motivate employees to spend every day with you in a cheerful atmosphere.

Of course, humor is a creative skill that needs to be adaptable, depending on the object, environment and the atmosphere of the moment, but you also need to pay attention to the following skills: First, don't be humorous at will. Humor cannot be used anytime and anywhere. Humor should be used in certain situations and conditions. For example: In a formal meeting, when your subordinate is speaking, you suddenly say one or two funny words. Maybe everyone is amused by your humor, but the subordinate who speaks must think that you do not respect him. , not interested in his speech. Second, humor must be elegant. Third, there is no need to insist on humor when it is not humorous. If the conditions are not met at the time, but you have to try your best to show humor, the result will be difficult. Should you smile? This will put each other in an even more embarrassing situation.