Just because you’re a team leader, you don’t have to be all buttoned-down and grim. In fact, bringing a little levity to your role as a manager can make you and those around you more relaxed and effective. The best leaders in any organization aren’t afraid to show the world that they have a sense of humor they enjoy using. Nor should you be. Humor is good for your career and for your health. We provide some key advice on this issue by elaborating upon the following key strategies in our eight-page e-Topic: How to put some fun into your role as a team leader…

1. Know the value of humor to your own well-being.
2. Look for humor around you.
3. Find a model.
4. Start a funny file.
5. Get your life and your job in perspective.
6. Get support.
7. Work on your surroundings.
8. Swap anecdotes.
9. Develop a humor bulletin board.
10. Laugh with, not at, someone.
11. Don’t go overboard.

The e-Topic concludes with a wealth of useful hints, advice, anecdotes and inspiration to help the reader better understand and implement the core material presented.

Do you want a brief fragment from the wealth of practical advice in this e-Topic?
“Happy, relaxed employees are more productive. They work well in an environment with less stress and the enhanced camaraderie... As employees and managers show their sense of humor and encourage enjoyment of working together to accomplish results, employees will develop better attitudes towards their job. As a consequence, absenteeism will drop and productivity and job satisfaction will rise.”

Simple, step-by-step solutions to your management problems and issues – that’s the aim of our e-Topics series. For busy managers, it’s literally management2go!