Teaching Leadership and Organizational Behavior through Humor: Laughter as the Best Teacher

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
There Will Always Be Exceptions to the Rule....Pages 3-4
I Do Not Need the Footrest Anymore....Pages 5-6
Where Are We Going?....Pages 7-7
Gorilla in Aisle Two....Pages 9-12
Just Doing Our Job....Pages 13-14
And the Deaf Shall Hear....Pages 15-16
Who’s in My Audience, and What Do They Need?....Pages 17-18
Whose Chair Is It Anyway?....Pages 19-20
Everyone Recognized the People behind the Curtain....Pages 21-23
Making a Big Impression....Pages 25-26
Festive Decorations in the Neighborhood....Pages 27-29
Client Retention with Dogged Determination....Pages 31-33
Feng Shui De-Clutter....Pages 35-36
How Did We Decide That?....Pages 37-38
There’s No Substitute for an Alarm Clock....Pages 39-42
A Swift Job....Pages 43-44
Compliment or Insult?....Pages 45-46
Stripping Down....Pages 47-48
How’s That Bonus Working Out for You?....Pages 49-52
I Bet You Used To!....Pages 53-54
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
No Monkeying Around....Pages 55-56
Not the Assistants!....Pages 57-58
How Did I Miss the Meeting?....Pages 59-59
How Satisfied Can Your Customer Really Be?....Pages 61-63
Genie in a Bottle....Pages 65-66
Golf Ball or Gulf Ball....Pages 67-67
The Golden Office …....Pages 69-71
Bad or Good?....Pages 73-74
This Is My Desk!!!....Pages 75-76
Thank You for Completing Our Survey....Pages 77-79
The Swindling Free Rider’s Club....Pages 81-82
The Least Preferred Coworker....Pages 83-84
Heads Up....Pages 85-86
Three Is a Charm....Pages 87-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Study Abroad....Pages 91-92
Which Tire?....Pages 93-94
Am I the Instructor?....Pages 95-96
What’s the Deal with That Copy Machine?....Pages 97-100
Introduction to Personality....Pages 101-102
No Pictures in This Book!....Pages 103-104
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Beware the Road to Abilene....Pages 105-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
The Universe Knows What It Is Doing …....Pages 109-110
I’m Tired, Let’s Swim Back....Pages 111-113
The Power of Knowledge....Pages 115-116
An Old Dog Does New Tricks....Pages 117-121
Seemingly Complex Problems Often Have Simple Solutions....Pages 123-124
Everything Has a Price....Pages 125-126
Fast Is Slow!....Pages 127-128
I’ll Follow You Anywhere....Pages 129-129
100 Percent of Your Life Is Wasted....Pages 131-132
I Love Cats....Pages 133-133
That Was Just the Sales Demo....Pages 135-136
Sly Humor Backfires!....Pages 137-138
Nobody’s Wearing Shoes....Pages 139-140
Now Go Ahead and Sell Yourself!....Pages 141-142
If They Don’t Like It Here, They Can Leave....Pages 143-144
Doing the Right Thing for Wrong Reasons....Pages 145-146
Taking the Lead....Pages 147-148
Hitting the Bull’s Eye Every Time, All the Time!....Pages 149-150
Under-Qualified for Entry Level....Pages 151-152
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Walking the Talk!....Pages 153-154
Someone Kidnapped the General Manager....Pages 155-157
We Carry Our Reality Wherever We Go....Pages 159-160
Exactly How Many?....Pages 161-162
Different Strokes …....Pages 163-163
You Cannot Please Everybody!....Pages 165-165
Fresh Fish Sold Here!....Pages 167-168
Brushing Crumbs....Pages 169-170
There Will Be No Questions Asked....Pages 171-173
Cleaning Up the Mess....Pages 175-177
Finding vs. Fixing Faults....Pages 179-180
Every Dog Has Its Day....Pages 181-182
A Time for Stocking—Not Sleeping....Pages 183-185
I Am the Exception: Others Need to Improve Their Behavior....Pages 187-188
One Thing Missing....Pages 189-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-201