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A fourth to ensure that the internal purchase order procedures have been adhered with for light bulb change orders. A sixth to report back to the compliance and risk functions that the supply and audit divisions had complied with the light bulb change risk and compliance procedures. A seventh to monitor that the light bulb was changed by a member of staff who was cleared by the banking union to be authorised with light bulb changing management.
How many bankers does it take to change a lightbulb? Eight of course. One to change the lightbulb. A second to assess the risk of the light bulb changing process. A fifth to audit the supply of the light bulb following the internal purchase order procedure. And an eighth of course. Chris M Skinner. Jennifer, Naomi, welcome to the show.
This is Naomi. This is a physical joke. I want you to lift your finger in the air, your pointer finger. I want you to hold it up. This is a really important mental exercise.
Hold your finger in the air. As you hold it there, try and move it around in a circle. You want to do that faster and faster. You basically want to go as fast as you can with that hand. I do try to amuse people with stories, a little self-deprecation. Do we all need to be trying to do it? Similar to you, many people believe that they are not funny, but there are a few things backwards about this belief. First is the assumption that humor is about being funny.
Shifting your mindset and looking for reasons to smile. In reality, your sense of humor is like a muscle.
Even if it feels weak right now, the more you flex it, the easier and more natural it becomes to make yourself and others laugh.
Talk a little bit more about the different categories that you find among people. Those four are the stand-up, the sweetheart, the sniper, and the magnet. First, the stand-up. These folks are bold. Now opposite the stand-up is the sweetheart. They are more subtle and what we call affiliative, which means that they use humor that uplifts people. Sweethearts are earnest. They also tend to be understated. Third is the sniper.
Snipers are, as you might expect from the name, edgy, sarcastic, nuanced, brilliant at the one-liner. They pick their moments really carefully. Unlike the stand-up or the sweetheart, these people often joke to make a point rather than to lift people up or tear them down.
Last is the magnet. Magnets are, as we call, affiliative and expressive. These people are outgoing, this big personality who gets everyone laughing in a really positive way. These people avoid controversial humor.
For example, stand-ups and snipers, they are at the greatest risk of offending or alienating. For example, many male leaders who we study or talk to, they typically self-categorize as stand-ups and snipers at work.
Whereas some of our female leaders tend to self-categorize as sweethearts and magnets, which means men in general are more at risk for offending. Whereas a female leader is more at risk for over self-deprecating and undermining their own power. Talk about some of those findings. Yet, humor is incredibly powerful at work.
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