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Can sense of humor help you be more successful at business?

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Question added by Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh , Sales & Business Consultant and Trainer , Self-employed
Date Posted: 2015/07/27
Mikhail Krishnani
by Mikhail Krishnani , Dealer Development Intern , AVME Volkswagen

It can help you build up on your customer relationship skills but at the same time, it is important to maintain some level of professionalism. The level of humor is reflected entirely on the nature of your job. Always use language that is appropriate for the task under hand.

Elke Woofter
by Elke Woofter , Project Assistant , American Technical Associates

Yes, a sense of humor can help getting a better working relationship ... just never mock your co workers  or boss and be very careful what kind of humor you use ... telling a joke is okay ...

Jijoy  Puthenpeedikayil
by Jijoy Puthenpeedikayil , Business Development Manager , Al Mansoor Group

sure it will help you a lot to build rapport with customers

Kathlyn Amara Esguerra
by Kathlyn Amara Esguerra , Growth Marketer , amiscorp.ae

Sense of Humor...is it something that someone can be learned? I think it must be natural and varies from person to person.

Jiju Oommen
by Jiju Oommen , ERP Software Consultant , Simplex IT Solutions

It depends on the situation..

 

For example, a crack of joke may help you for starting small talks or presentation.

 

However, some partners may not enjoy such humour sense during tight business conditions

Mohammed Asim Nehal
by Mohammed Asim Nehal , M Asim Nehal & Co , Chartered Accountants

Sense of humor is a powerful tool and a gift of God to human. They can use is as and when required. I personally feel , with a good sense of humor you can win hearts and minds of people and put across your views in lighter vein without hurting someone . 

 

In business apart from sharp calculative mind you need to have better sense of humor with articulate language and series of proverbs to support and communicate your views. 

د Waleed
by د Waleed , Management - Leadership-Business Administration-HR&Training-Customer Service/Retention -Call Center , Multi Companies Categories: Auditing -Trade -Customer service -HR-IT&Internet -Training&Consultation

It should help, and it depends on the environment of work and employees.

Therefore people should be careful about when and how and with whom to using sense of humor.

khaled elkholy
by khaled elkholy , HR MANAGER , misk for import & export

We learn from the book301 Ways to Have Fun at Work that fully96% of executives surveyed by Accountemps believed that people with a good sense of humor do better at their jobs than those who have little or no sense of humor. Various experts have pointed out that the high stress levels of many/most jobs can be significantly relieved by working through anger, resentment, conflict, boredom, etc., with a benign sense of harmless humor. It is well known to science that humor brings all sorts of psychological, physical and social benefits. So if you're the boss or manager and you catch someone looking at this webpage, consider this part of "human resource development" or "company subsidized healthcare" and grant that employee some time to goof off here! And then you can go back to your own computer and peruse this webpage, too! (I'll not advise you to look over your employee's shoulder and join in reading these jokes, since each of you may not find the same items equally funny, for obvious reasons!) Much of the workplace humor posted on the Internet has an angry, venomous, even vicious edge to it—due to the obvious fact that multitudes of people are in great stress and misery due to tyrant bosses, obtuse workers, maniacal managers, toxic work-environments, job-overloads, insufficient pay, mind-numbing work, impossible deadlines, noxious team-members, et cetera ad nauseam.

Chidi Edi
by Chidi Edi , Audit assistant , 2010 E-collect technologies Ltd

Sense of humor is good but it is very important to know where to apply it, to whom to apply it and at what condition to apply it. It should also be properly directed to meet the success needs if it must be applied.

Abdulmoneem Hashem Emara
by Abdulmoneem Hashem Emara , customer service supervisor and office administrator , Gulf Bridge Services (visa services company)

yes it do help , it makes the employee acceptable among his colleagues, they will always help him to succeed

Prashant Saini
by Prashant Saini , Admin. Officer , Swami Contractors Pvt. Ltd.

Yes, Good Sense of Humor Helps more Success at Business

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