EPISODE SUMMARY

In today's show we explore how to use lightheartedness and how being lighthearted can increase your effectiveness, communication, engagement, trust and even your pay. Managers who lead with fun and levity benefit from employee engagement and overall success and the research shows that playfulness can elevate your status and lower your stress. Too good to be true? Decide yourself!

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Link to Show Notes: https://lightheartedleadership.com/2021/06/16/episode-3-how-the-lighthearted-way-pays/

LIGHTHEARTED LEADERSHIP RESOURCE LIST

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the bottom line, https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/257094

The Levity Effect: Why it Pays to Lighten up, https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-04109-000

Why Funny Leaders are Better Leaders, https://www.inc.com/leigh-buchanan/everyone-loves-a-funny-leader.html

Being cheerful leads to higher income, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1019672513984

Humor at work: A study about the relationship between humor styles, satisfaction with management and individual job performance, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1b78/4e44772f1593e8a1e4b99031b3441704530d.pdf

Lighthearted email signoffs https://www.criminallyprolific.com/email-signoffs/

Everybody loves a funny leader, https://www.inc.com/leigh-buchanan/everyone-loves-a-funny-leader.html

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Today's show explores the latest news on how to give feedback and we explore some ways you might consider to incorporate into your own feedback process.

Today we talked about how to give critical feedback, aka opportunities for grow

We recapped news and guidance from Entrepreneur magazine on their top 4 things business leaders should consider before giving critical feedback.

We talk about a few different techniques to consider

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BLOG for the FULL TOPIC

Link here: https://lightheartedleadership.com/2021/06/09/episode-2/

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Entrepreneur magazine on 4 things leaders should consider before giving feedback: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/367968

The Magic Ratio. Psychologist Robert F. Baumister estimates it takes 4 positives to counterbalance 1 negative: https://www.optimumvobis.com/post/how-to-stay-positive-when-everything-stinks 

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In today's show we talk about the recent humorous news out of Microsoft's Human Research Lab and the connection to busy people everywhere. Are you busy stuck in more and more meetings? You're not alone.

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BLOG for the FULL TOPIC: here https://lightheartedleadership.com/2021/06/02/episode-1-busy-much/

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Microsoft's stellar study on back to back meetings cause stress, https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/20/microsoft_office365_meetings/ 

Meeting times are on the increase: https://highfive.com/blog/10-stats-impacting-modern-meetings/ 

People leaving their jobs because: https://hbr.org/2018/01/why-people-really-quit-their-jobs

New from Optimum Vobis is a show that takes you on a lighthearted journey on how to skyrocket into leadership with a lighthearted perspective on the latest leadership news, how to level up your leadership and let your inner superhero run wild. Host Dr. Lizette Warner is a scientist, leader, mom and executive coach who knows what it's like to be a busy professional. Instead of wasting time on what doesn't work she's helped her clients transform through laughter, lightheartedness and humor. She's bringing that same perspective to you. Join us this season and take away some leadership nuggets that you can start to play with in your life and you just might find yourself on the road to skyrocketing.