Vanessa Marcie, Leading with Humor
“For me leading with humour is the ultimate emotional intelligence tool. You need to be self-aware, have empathy, motivation and self-regulation”
This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Vanessa Marcié who is an expert on leadership and humour and a guest lecturer at the Cambrige Judge Business School and HEC Paris amongst others. She holds a PhD in Management and Marketing Communications from the Univeristy of Côte d’Azur and an MBA from the Cambridge Judge Business School. We spoke about how leading with humour can be an effective leadership style and what steps we can personally take to utilise it more.
This podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.
Background - 1:00
What makes leading with humour so effective - 2:17
How she helps people lead with humour - 4:25
How humour varies between countries - 5:19
Examples of using humour at work - 6:03
Famous people who lead with humour - 7:29
Using humour strategically as a tool - 8:32
Incorporating and practising leading with humour - 11:40
Leading with humour at different scales in an organisation - 16:01
Favourite joke - 17:12
Humour exercise - 19:20