Archive of: humour

  • Ivor Smith

    by Ivor Smith

    26th Jan 2016

    Putting Communication First

    “Communication Breakdown, It’s always the same; I’m having a nervous breakdown, Drive me insane!” – Led Zeppelin

    Successful communication is an integral part of any group or team – whether it’s a school class or a FTSE 100 company – and yet it is so easy to get wrong. Here are a few tips for effective communication. (and keeping your sanity!

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  • Ivor Smith

    by Ivor Smith

    7th Jul 2014

    A Funny Business…humour in the workplace.

    Have you heard the one about the unhappy worker who was too stressed to come into work? It may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but the punchline is certainly no laughing matter – figures from the Health and Safety Executive suggest that around 13 million working days are lost each year due to work-related stress alone.

    That’s why businesses could do worse than remember the old maxim ‘laughter is the best medicine’.

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