Thursday, May 2, 2024

You don't always have to be so serious...


·      Some things just crack you up.

·      Others are more sobering.

·      Find the balance.

 

I used to love laughing it up with my employees – good times, for sure, and sometimes the joke was on me. Work can be humorless at times – treating serious business seriously is important. But sometimes it’s good to lighten things up – doesn’t need to be a joke, but the kinds of interactions that humanize the workplace are good. Even cathartic. Like being okay when your employees have some fun with you – on my 40th birthday they decorated the place in black tombstones and roses, poking fun at the death of my youth. I loved it. No matter what, celebrate employees having a good time in good taste for good reasons. There’s a time for fun, and a time for seriousness – both are important at the proper times and, as a leader, you get to adjust the rheostat in search of the right balance. When work is fun the work doesn’t seem so much like work. People having a good time will do great work today.

 

Don Wright (1934 - 2024)>American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

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