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.

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.

I encourage leaders to reach out for guidance about presenting their authentic selves to develop an improved workplace for everyone with less conflict, as I offer executive coaching. Click here to contact me at your convenience, or click here to Chat with Roxanne!

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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/ Roxanne’s LinkedIn profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxannederhodge/ Roxanne’s email: [email protected] Chat with Roxanne: https://roxannederhodge.com/chat/ Roxanne’s previous podcasts: https://roxannederhodge.com/blog/

(0:00) Introduction to the podcast, host, and guest (2:40) Discussion on changing corporate culture and strategies for senior leaders (4:29) The role and importance of humor in corporate culture (10:02) The concept of relational transparency for leaders and the importance of authentic communication (13:09) Role of leaders and consistency in shaping workplace culture (24:17) Reintroduction of guest and importance of humor in the workplace (30:46) Creating psychological safety and the impact of leadership style on workplace culture (35:26) Importance of hiring the right people and discussion of Michael Kerr's books (40:11) How to get in contact with Michael Kerr (42:16) Roxanne's reflections on the episode and new book announcement (44:01) Outro