Speaking Topics
Stress is a Laughing Matter
Using Humor to Boost Well-being, Resilience, and Productivity
Gallup’s life evaluation index shows personal and workplace wellbeing scores are at all-time lows, resulting in unprecedented levels of people feeling stressed out, burned out, and wanting to check out.
The good news is, there’s an evidence-based tool that everyone can access to enhance their own well-being, boost resilience, and improve performance (and no, it’s not a smart watch or a magic ring).
It’s a sense of humor! And believe it or not, people who use humor to cope with stress are more optimistic, resilient, and report greater job and overall life satisfaction.
In this hilarious and uplifting flagship keynote, inspired by his bestselling book “The Humor Habit”, Paul delivers actionable takeaways audience members can implement to harness the power of humor, reignite their spark, and learn to balance the gravity of life, with the levity of it.
Outcomes:
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Learn the physiological benefits of humor and laughter on the brain and body
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Discover strategies to boost happiness by combining positive psychology interventions and tools from the world of comedy
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Maximize team-wide trust, communication, and engagement
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Enhance individual grit and resilience in the face of burnout and compassion fatigue
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Boost creativity, productivity, and learning
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Audience Takeaway: The Humor Habit Playbook with evidence-based exercises for developing your sense of humor into a mindfulness strategy
Ideal Audience:
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Perfect for audiences with varied professional backgrounds, roles, and years of experience like association conventions and company-wide meetings
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An excellent choice to kick off or wrap up an event with an energizing dose of positivity, laughter, and inspiration for individuals or teams
The Science of Happiness at Work
Becoming a Rational Optimist
Happy people create happy customers, which lead to a more profitable business. (Also, unhappy people just aren’t as much fun to work with).
A positive mindset is key to resilience in an adaptive age, but nothing gets an eye-roll quicker than telling an overwhelmed colleague to just “cheer up” or “think positive.”
In this high-energy and inspiring talk, Paul provides evidence-based tools anyone (even the chronically skeptic) can use to boost their happiness setpoint - and that managers can use to create happier cultures.
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Learn the three levers to happiness at work and how to infuse them into your culture
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Discover what optimism is and is not, and how to train your brain to be a rational optimist
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Experience brief examples of individual and team exercises to cultivate happier cultures
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Audience Takeaway: Happiness Playbook: with an overview of examples from the talk and prompts for creating a happier culture, one person at a time
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This talk is great for singular organizations or large conferences with mixed attendees as it can be tailored to focus more on individual happiness or on happy cultures
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An excellent choice to kick off or wrap up an event with an energizing dose of positivity, laughter, and inspiration for individuals or teams
Leading with Laughter
Why Leaders Should Take Humor Seriously (Even if You're Not Funny)
Leaders with a sense of humor are not only seen as more competent and more motivating, but their teams have higher levels of job satisfaction, work performance, and engagement. With all the research around the R.O.I. of LOL in leadership, learning to harness the power of humor effectively may be just the edge your leaders are looking for.
This hilarious & content-rich keynote not only provides the foundation of WHY humor is such an effective leadership skill, but also HOW to authentically incorporate more humor into your leadership style.
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Learn the benefits of humor in leadership, team trust and psychological safety
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Explore techniques for using humor to enhance team communication and connection
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Discover a 6 step model for using humor to strengthen workplace culture
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Acquire a 3-tier framework for using humor positively in a professional environment
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Audience Takeaway: Leading with L.A.F.T.E.R. Playbook that includes a model for using humor in leadership and 20 Ways to Have More Fun at Work
Ideal Audience:
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Perfect for an entertaining boost to any leadership symposium, management training, or conference with leaders or aspiring leaders
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Leaders looking for a new way to connect with and inspire their teams, or to boost morale and engagement