A culture of levity allows teams to play at the highest level — a belief repeated by leaders across industries and disciplines, from Spanx founder Sara Blakely to Stephen Curry of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who used humor in negotiations with her counterparts in the Russian government after a particularly tense first meeting. These leaders tell a consistent story: teams that laugh together—whether in all-hands meetings before big product launches, in the locker room before the NBA finals, or in meetings of international diplomacy—perform better. … [Read more...] about Humor is such an important leadership trait we teach it at Stanford’s business school
