Eighty-seven percent (87%) of employers now say that burnout and mental health is a major issue. Seventy percent (70%) of employees say they would leave their job for one offering resources to reduce stress. Businesses are spending billions annually on healthcare and turnover costs.
Organizations across the country are asking, “Are we are doing everything we can for the physical and mental health of our employees? How do we instill a positive and inclusive workplace culture? How do we make sure that our message gets through – and is remembered – in a world where people are continuously inundated with information?
There is a solution: Humor
Leading medical, business and educational institutions in the world – Mayo, Harvard, Stanford, to name a few – have been converging on the benefits of humor to our physical and mental health, workplace culture, and as the most effective means of communicating to today’s workforce.
The science is there. Humor can improve health, lower stress, relieve pain, stimulate creativity, boost collaboration, disarm, connect, build trust, promote social bonds, lift emotionally and be the most effective means of communication today.
It’s a matter of learning how to use it.
Is it even possible for a lawyer to be funny? The most unique and enlightening presentation on the value of humor to our health, workplace, communication skills, and our lives, that you will hear anywhere.
Drawing from years in musical theatre and comedic improv, Dave leads a fast-paced interactive workshop, coaching groups on how to use humor, and why it is the most powerful means of communication today.
Dave works to successfully incorporate humor into your speeches, leadership style and organization by starting with you, focusing on your strengths and developing the humor from your natural abilities.
