Do you lead a team that could work together better than they currently do? Try laughter.

Research into laughter – not the face people make when they laugh, but the sound they make – shows that people who laugh together like each other. And people who like each other want to collaborate and succeed together.

I’m not telling you to whip out old copies of Mad Magazine – just look for times when you’re all together and can share a laugh. That “all together” part is very important – laughter has a dark side when it’s used socially to ridicule a  person. If there’s a sitcom dealing with your industry, maybe have a shared lunch each week and watch an episode. Find stories you can tell on yourself so that you’re the butt of the joke that your team can laugh along with. If something happens and it makes your team laugh, see if it could be a running joke. As long as it isn’t at a co-worker’s expense or making fun of a client, create a running joke and run with it.

The more you and the team laugh together, the better you’ll work together.

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