This sign is relatable, funny, and EFFECTIVE. Using just a dash of confident self-deprecation, this sign’s humor suggests that its employees are likeable and fun – the type of people customers trust and return to again and again.
Humor is an under-appreciated tool for engaging employees and building resilient cultures. Leaders should remember that the funny bone is one of their best assets for positively transforming work environments. Humor doesn’t create happiness, but it sets the stage for an atmosphere of light-hearted interactions.
There are many ways humor can jumpstart happiness at work. When it’s motivating and disarming, laughter helps fuse teams together. There’s nothing stronger than a team bonded in communal history, like co-workers who can fondly recall stories saying, “Remember that time when…”.
Weaving appropriate humor into the workplace is one way to begin infusing happiness into your culture. Consider that “humor” and “human” are sprouted from the same root. Happiness is the flower that blooms as a result of the two.
Humor breaks down barriers and shows your employees that your culture is one that thrives on having fun and getting stuff done. This type of happiness is a business strategy that trickles down all the way to your bottom line. Because happy leaders produce engaged, inspired, and HAPPY employees, who desperately want to pass that pleasure onto their customers.
Don’t consider yourself all that humorous? No worries. Leaders can “borrow” humor (like from the sign above) and share it with their teams. Organic humor discussions and better employee engagement will naturally flow from there.