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The Levity Effect: Why It Pays To Lighten Up (2008)

by Adrian Gostick(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0470195886 (ISBN13: 9780470195888)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

John Wiley & Sons

review 1: Very interesting listen this was my first audio book. I found the underlying principal of the book obvious once it had been pointed out. As the head of a small team who work very hard and well together and who are very successful at what we do, I was surprised to discover just how important our humorous approach to almost everything could be. I don’t think there is another team in our organisation which works harder, set itself higher targets and continually strives to improve their service in the same way we do. This book has helped me understand just how important the humour in the office is. Rather than possibly worry about how we could appear at times unprofessional by the uninitiated. I am now confident a major part of our success and our close working relationshi... morep can be attributed to our liberal use of humour. I would recommend this book to everyone.
review 2: A reasonable argument for levity in the workplace is offered however it seemed that there was a thin line between actual wit/lightheartedness and just plain acting goofy. I purchased this book after my doctoral committee chair worried that I would use too much humor when defending my qualification exams...but I couldn't help it ;) Lets just say I hope my leadership career turns out better. The big problems about this book is example after example of people acting crazy in the workplace and little to offer in terms of insightful advice. Otherwise it is worth a read...but not study from nor ponder too deeply. less

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