How important humor just as Business-Strategy is - and how frowned upon the topic is at the same time has already Best of HR - Berufebilder.de® author Jumi Vogler aptly described, 7 tips on how humor becomes the engine of success in your business.

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How humor helps in everyday business life

Imagine the following situation: You have to convey bone-dry content in the form of a training course. In doing so, imagine the following Ask:

No end in itself

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The answer: With humor you can achieve a lot, but it must not become an end in itself! Already Arthur Schnitzler knew:

“If you have humor, you almost have genius. If you only have a joke, you usually don't even have the ”

Joke vs. humor

Right! But this quote raises many questions, such as these:

8 tips for humor as a business strategy

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We now see humor as a means to Success, as a business strategy like? 8 tips!

1. Humor starts with the ICH

Let's start with ourselves. With the ME! Because humor always begins with ourselves. With regard to humor and “telling jokes”, I am alone for now.

I am completely thrown back on myself. If I want to score with humor, I have to think for myself, with which ingredients I can succeed.

2. Humor is in us

I want mine Conversation, my Communication, spice up my appearance humorously? Before we throw ourselves at others with any stylistic means and communicative escapades, that is exactly the first and decisive question that we have to ask ourselves.

Or do I only want it because it just looks good? Because is the “world day of roaring laughter”, the “international jokes day” or the “day of humor”? Because it's the Executive has arranged that we our customers finally for Lachen bring?

3. Humor should not be embarrassing

If only one of these arguments applies, we should save our work. Because in work, this is guaranteed to work out in such a case. All the ease that humor undoubtedly has to convey and offer is lost.

If we use humor only because we feel it is required of us, then it is no fun at all. Convulsively installed supposed jokes act just embarrassing. We shouldn't do that to our counterpart.

4. Humor as a strategy?

On a business trip, I had a very special experience about humor. Arrived at the hotel, I report to the reception, am greeted politely, the lady puts the key in my Hand, explains the breakfast times and wishes me a pleasant stay.

There is also the guest card, the WiFi code and the opening times of the wellness area. At the end, with the same formal expression, she hands me a small piece of paper that says: Joke of the day “Message to the guy who stole my down jacket: you can dress warmly!”

5. Humor can not be prescribed

When I asked if this was a new strategy, the receptionist replied with her rehearsed smile: “Yes, we have humor weeks. There is a salmon seminar and we entertain the guests with funny jokes wherever they are. ” It is not clear whether the hotel guests find the joke mentioned above funny or not. It's not that easy with humor.

On the contrary: it is serious, important and difficult business. For me as a visitor to the hotel clear: Basically a great SALE. Guests entertained and for good Team spirit worry - that's exemplary. But maybe one or the other time you scrape along the line of embarrassment by a hair's breadth. The prescribed “being funny” doesn’t succeed for everyone Employees.

6. Only personal humor is real humor

It is authenticity, genuineness that humor lives on. But first I need to know what is "real", what suits me. But how do I find out what “humor type” I am? By wondering what I normally find funny. “Normally” because there are situations in the morning at 04.00:XNUMX am where we simply find everything or nothing funny.

Let's scan ours Everyday life:

So we find out relatively easy and above all very entertaining, in which kind of humor we stand. Because we have that sense of humor in us. We can radiate this personal sense of humor and pass it on naturally. Humorous just.

7. Humor is not just humor

We should also distinguish between punch lines, bon mot or even black humor: do we like Schillerstrasse? Then the surprising element of a punchline is right for us. If we think that the subtlety of a Loriot is unsurpassable, then the bon mot probably suits us. If we think that Michael Mittermayer will make us forget all our worries, then we tend to think so for sure we, too, tend to exaggerate everyday life and present it at high speed.

Or do we even belong to the circle of friends of black humor and would like to be part of the Adams family feel: "He has the Eyes my father's." – “Gomez, take them out of his mouth.” The kind of humor that resonates best with us is also the one we can convey best.

8. Humor is always individual

Not every joke is immediately funny to the recipient. But humor should never come across as shameful. Maybe it's enough for the guest, customer or Audience Yes, even if we are simply ourselves and our cordiality is palpable.

The Art lies in reacting humorously when the situation arises. And to end with a quote, the theater critic Juda Löb Baruch already knew two hundred years ago: “Humour is not a gift of the mind, but a gift of the heart”.


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