Increases profit.'In general, workplaces that encourage laughter have happier, healthier and more productive workers and, as a result, they see an increase in profits and results. - Larry D Weas, Adult Education University Lecturer
Improves morale.'The use of humor in organizations has been associated with improving morale among workers, creating a more positive organizational culture, enhancing group cohesiveness, stimulating individual and group creativity and increasing motivation'. & 'The use of humor has been described as motivating divergent, unconventional, creative, and innovative thinking. - Bruce J. Avolio, author of 8 books and University professor cited 140,000+ times
Reduces absenteeism.'Humor has also been associated with job satisfaction, reduced absenteeism, lower turnover intentions and higher organizational commitment. - Jess Mesmer-Magnus & Chockalingam Viswesvaram, University professor cited 25,000+ times
Increases company loyalty.'Many companies (Southwest Airlines for example) have used humor as an employee retention tool. It’s well known as part of the company culture. Herb Kelleher, founding CEO, has been known to dress up as Elvis, do the chicken dance and infuse humor even into the hiring process to ensure culture fit.' - Dawn McCooey, author of Keeping Good Employees on Board
Prevents employee burnout.'Humor may reduce burnout by helping employees deal with difficult situations, release tension, regain perspective on their jobs and facilitate an optimistic reinterpretation of events. - Jess Mesmer-Magnus & Chockalingam Viswesvaram, University professor cited 25,000+ times
Decreases employee turnover.'An increasing body of research demonstrates that when leaders lighten up and create a fun workplace, there is significant increase in the level of employee trust, creativity, and communication – leading to lower turnover, higher morale and a stronger bottom line'. & 'If you look at it from a business standpoint, fun reduces turnover, gets people more engaged in the work, and increases productivity. It just makes good business sense. At Enterprise, every branch has a budget, a dollar amount for employee fun whether that’s an employee picnic or party or however they want to celebrate. Fun is a line item in the budget. - Adrian Gostick & Scott Christopher, authors of The Levity Effect & The Carrot Principle
Increases employee engagement.'Managers who lead with levity benefit from higher levels of employee engagement and overall success' & 'They don’t believe in fun for fun’s sake, but fun that boosts creativity and very real employee engagement metrics. In fact, for several years, Boeing-SVS consistently has been one of the top scoring sites at Boeing for employee engagement.' - Adrian Gostick & Scott Christopher, authors of The Levity Effect & The Carrot Principle
Increases employee productivity.'Research indicates that supportive and collaborative humor (analogous to self-enhancing and affiliative humor) were used by factory workers to make routine tasks interesting and to solidify close relationships.' - Eric J Romero, author of Humor in the Workplace & Compete Outside the Box
Increases employee job satisfaction.'Supervisors’ use of humor was correlated positively with employee job satisfaction and workgroup cohesion, and… that organizations incorporate humor into the workplace in an attempt to reduce stress and increase solidarity and productivity.' - Christopher Robert, author of The Psychology of Humor at Work
Creates a more positive work culture.'Research revealed that different types of organizations employ different types and amounts of humor. This suggests that humor is not only part of an organization’s culture, but also a distinctive feature that makes each organization’s culture unique. - Eric J Romero, author of Humor in the Workplace & Compete Outside the Box