Humour, Culture and the ROR: Return On Relationships (Part II) with Michael Kerr
In this episode, Roxanne and guest Michael Kerr discuss the transformation of corporate culture, focusing on the role of humor, relational transparency, and consistent leadership. They explore the concept of psychological safety and how leadership style can shape workplace culture. The conversation also delves into the importance of hiring the right people and Kerr's related books.
Key Points
- Understanding and fostering psychological safety in the workplace is crucial for creating an environment where employees can be themselves, leading to greater happiness and productivity.
- Integrating humor into corporate culture, such as through meetings and rituals, can make leaders more approachable, facilitate open communication, and promote a positive and innovative work atmosphere.
- Consistency in applying cultural strategies, like humor and transparency, is essential to avoid them being perceived as fleeting trends and to genuinely embed them into the organizational fabric.
Quote: “A Scientific America study found that the most effective meetings are those meetings that have a lot of humour and joking around & banter in them, because people are more honest, people open up more and they’re more creative and innovative.” Michael Kerr
We are not all blessed with the humour gene. Some of us struggle to add levity and a bit of comic relief into our workplace, but it can be a great way of creating a more inspiring and happy workplace culture that can give a whole new energy to your team. On this episode of Authentic Living With Roxanne, we are thrilled to welcome Hall of Fame speaker, Michael Kerr to share his thoughts on how you can make yourself more approachable as a leader and show your team that work can be fun as well as productive.
Michael is a Canadian Hall of Fame Speaker who travels the world researching, writing, and speaking about inspiring workplace cultures, and businesses that leverage their humour resources to drive outrageous results for their employees and their customers.
Authentic Touch Points:
Tips for leaders to be more approachable. 3:00
Taking rumours from toxic to funny. 7:30
Creating authentic culture change. 10:00
Psychological safety is essential. 16:00
It starts with hiring. 20:00
Michael’s ideas on building better workplace cultures have been featured in hundreds of publications worldwide, while his Inspiring Workplaces blog has been recognized as one of the top-30 workplace blogs in the world. He is also the author of 8 books, including, “The Jerk-Free Workplace,” “The Humor Advantage,” and “Hire, Inspire, and Fuel Their Fire.” Michael lives in the spectacularly inspiring Canadian Rockies.
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Roxanne P.S. Have you heard? My new book, ROR: Return On Relationships, will be available on June 10th!
Links:
Michael’s website: https://mikekerr.com
Michael’s many books: https://mikekerr.com/books/
Inspiring Workplaces blog: https://mikekerr.com/inspiring-workplaces-blog/
Michael’s email: [email protected] Michael’s
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkerr3/
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Roxanne’s email: [email protected]
Chat with Roxanne: https://roxannederhodge.com/chat/
Roxanne’s previous podcasts: https://roxannederhodge.com/blog/
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