Humor in the Workplace

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Communication Skills Courses Productivity Courses Nonverbal Communication Courses Team Dynamics Courses

Course Description

Overview

Bring the power of humor into your workplace to help collaboration and drive results.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome
What's different about this course?
Humor in the workplace
Roles of humor in society

1. Why We Laugh

Surprise
Biology
Superiority
Psychoanalysis

2. Reasons for Humor

Humor as protection
Humor as a weapon
Humor as a connection
Humor as a spotlight

3. Humor Strategies

Shifting perspectives through humor
Releasing tension and other effects on the body
Making connections and coping with fear
Looking at humor and the four quadrants of well-being

4. Tips and Techniques

Using nonverbal humor
Expanding your humor skill set
Building your personal humor profile

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Izzy Gesell

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