Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon at Work with Naomi Bagdonas

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Join us as our host, George Kamel, talks with Naomi Bagdonas. She’s a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an executive coach. Naomi is also a coauthor of the bestselling book, Humor, Seriously. In this episode, she shares the benefits of humor at work, the different humor styles we use, and what to do when a joke doesn’t land. Later, George chats with Kacy Maxwell—the executive director of marketing for EntreLeadership. He shares when not to use humor at work (from personal experience). When figuring out what type of humor is appropriate for the workplace, it’s important to be aware of the fine line between stuff we should and shouldn’t say. You’ll learn: • Why you should laugh more at work • The four styles of humor at work • How to recover from a bad joke at work • How humor can go completely wrong at work Sign up for The EntreLeadership Podcast takeaways—a weekly email where you’ll get three tangible takeaways and a tactical action step related to each episode: https://bit.ly/podcast-takeaways Support our sponsors: • Hite Digital: https://bit.ly/HiteDigital • Kyro Digital: https://bit.ly/KyroDigital • NetSuite: https://bit.ly/NetSuiteEntre • Trainual: https://bit.ly/TrainualEntre Links mentioned in this episode: • The EntreLeadership Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheEntreLeadershipPodcast • Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas: https://amzn.to/3BML5lV • Take The Humor Typology Quiz to find out your humor style: https://bit.ly/3Ljr1Ld • Naomi Bagdonas and Jennifer Aaker’s TED Talk: https://bit.ly/3RPr9Et • Sign up for your 30-day free trial of EntreLeadership Elite: https://bit.ly/3x40ASS Learn more about EntreLeadership Events: • EntreLeadership Master Series: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipMasterSeries • EntreLeadership Summit: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipSummit Learn more about EntreLeadership Coaching: • Elite: https://bit.ly/3tI2fN8 • Advisory Groups: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipAdvisoryGroups • Executive Coaching: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipExecutiveCoaching • Workshops: https://bit.ly/EntreLeadershipWorkshops Listen to all the Ramsey Network podcasts anytime, anywhere in our app. Download the Ramsey Network app: https://apple.co/3eN8jNq

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0:00.0	On today's episode, we're going to have a lot of fun.
0:08.2	Literally, we're talking about the power of humor in the workplace and how to do it the
0:12.2	right way.
0:13.4	And then some stories of how to not use humor at work.
0:19.8	Welcome to the Entrez Leadership Podcast from the Ramsey Network, where we help you learn
0:23.3	the proven principles for winning as a business leader.
0:26.4	I'm your host, George Campbell, and each week here on the podcast, I sit down with some
0:30.0	of the best leadership minds out there to help you grow yourself, your team, and your profits.
0:35.3	Our guest today is Naomi Bagdonas.
0:37.5	She's a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an executive coach, and best
0:41.7	selling author of humor seriously.
0:44.1	Why humor is a secret weapon in business and life, which she co-authored with Jennifer
0:48.5	Acre.
0:49.5	One of the most interesting parts about Naomi is that one of her passions is teaching
0:52.9	improv comedy to inmates at the county jail.
0:56.0	That's pretty cool.
0:57.0	Now, here at Entrez Leadership, we believe humor is a part of effective communication and
1:01.2	building trust with your team.
1:03.0	So we're excited to have Naomi on to help us grow in this area to have more impact.
1:08.1	Let's jump right in.
1:09.1	Here's our conversation.
1:11.4	Naomi, welcome to the Entrez Leadership Podcast.
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