Courageous leaders know that laughter is serious business

Serendipitously as I changed my FaceBook profile picture to have one that shows me laughing and stating that I recognise the importance of laughter in life and that we need so much more laughing in our everyday life on my FaceBook wall - I pick up an HBR article that I have used in my Courageous Leaders Development Programme for about a year called "Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership" and there on page 3 it jumps off the page and hits me between the eyes - there in black and white it clearly states that:

".......top performing leaders elicited laughter from their sub-ordinates three times as often, on average, as did mid-performing leaders. Being in a good mood, other research finds, helps people take in information effectively and respond nimbly and creatively. In other words, laughter is serious business."

So all those years ago when I was managing and leading in the professional services industry and wearing the wrath from colleagues that I instigated far too much frivolity in the office - even being accused of having afternoon tea parties where I could not possibly be getting any work done - well I was in the serious business of producing great results and engaging with each of my wonderful people.

So, courageous leaders know that laughter is serious business - inspiring others to be effective and producing great results - that's exactly what we are about!