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O. Velcu-LaitinenHow to Develop Your Creative Identity at Workhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8680-7_17

17. Leading Feedback Conversations With Improvised Humor

Oana Velcu-Laitinen1  
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Helsinki, Finland
 

Becoming the Person With a Tinge of Humor

People holding power positions agree with the benefits of humor at work. In business settings, there’s hope to hear jokes initiated by leaders, as we can see from a survey of 329 Fortune 500 CEOs performed by Fortune magazine, which found that 97% of CEOs agree with the importance of humor in business.1 Leaders with a sense of humor can increase the employees’ engagement and creativity in the workplace.2 In addition, ...

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