Leave a Mark, Not a Stain! What every manager needs to know about using humor in the workplace

By Patt Schwab

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598721380
• ISBN13: 9781598721386
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Rollingwood Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

outstanding; should be in every manager's library

Q: When is a large-print book 86 pages long worth $15? A: When it incorporates rubber chickens. Actually: A: When every page contains good ideas and thoughts that can help turn the modern workplace into a cheerful place. In _Leave a Mark, Not a Stain_, Patt Schwab offers the benefit of many years of experience using humour to augment management. And I know firsthand that it works, because I used to work in a Schwab-directed workplace. We worked hard, we built outstanding teams, and we changed a lot of lives--including our own. The book's thesis is uncomplicated and logical: humour can be constructive or destructive. When used in a soul-destroying sarcastic fashion, it can wreck morale. When used to help people vent, and shed the tension of a busy workplace, it can give everyone a lift. This established, the rest of the book is ideas and examples of the positive side of workplace humour. I've long believed that any manager who hates _Dilbert_ is toast, because in our day and age that cartoon speaks for millions of increasingly overworked Americans. I'm willing to bet that Patt Schwab reads and enjoys _Dilbert_. I do not think any reader can get through this book without seeing a dozen great ways to fill his or her workplace with the sort of levity that keeps people loose, inoculates them against infighting and makes them want to stay. Forget Franklin's Coven, or whatever they're called. *These* are habits of highly effective people.