Book tip: From head to toe lively and humorous in business
Germanist, humor trainer and clown & comedy actress Barbara Stauffer has just published her second book. The book is intended as an everyday pick-me-up for individuals or teams in business and offers 65 exercises that are suitable for loosening up during work, a workshop, a meeting, a retreat, etc..
Barbara Stauffer, born 1972, is a Germanist, expert for business humor and communication, actress for clown & comedy. Since 2004 she has been working independently as a trainer, coach and keynote speaker. Her focus is on business humor, communication and team development.
Humorous instead of pressure to perform
Now Barbara Stauffer has published a new book entitled "From head to toe chipper and humorous ready for business". The author's intention behind it: Not to pull people's ears out professionally, but to lift the corners of their mouths. In this way, humor can spread in business instead of performance pressure and fear. Because: "If we start the day with a laugh, then the pleasure comes all by itself. There is a sense of "we", more flow, serenity, joy, creativity, health, success, etc.", says the author.
In the book, readers will find a collection of the most popular short pick-me-ups from Barbara Stauffer's everyday training for people who want to really get going in their professional and private lives. It's all about firing up the inner engine without spending a lot of time, but regularly and continuously, broadening your perspective, boosting your creative thinking, building yourself up mentally and communicatively in business, and asserting yourself humorously, not doggedly and harshly, but with a sympathetic smile. All 65 exercises are suitable for groups (no matter what size), as a loosening up during a workshop, a meeting, a retreat, etc. If one is chosen daily from Monday to Friday, this will give a refreshing pick-me-up for 13 weeks, the author recommends. Or 1-2 weekly, and you have inspiration for a whole year. But the exercises are not just for groups. Exercises 1 to 50, for example, are applicable for individuals and can be completed once a week.
Enriching everyday business life
Barbara Stauffer is convinced: humor has many facets, does not mean laughing at the push of a button, but a positive inner attitude and power that can simply be activated to enrich everyday business life. Each topic (breath, laughter, waking up, change of perspective, quick-wittedness, creative thinking, charisma, failure, feelings, storytelling, switching off together, refueling, humorous rounds) is represented by a body part. This allows for a pictorial reminder of each exercise. Each exercise takes about five minutes to complete.
From head to toe lively and humorous ready for business
By Barbara Stauffer
Schlosser Publishing House, 2023
ISBN 978-3-96200-744-7
More information: http://humor-training.ch