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Why business leaders need to

LOL: Humour is the best antidote
to depression & stress

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Here's how you can encourage people to see the lighter side of things.

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Dr Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas believe humour helps foster more trusting relationships.

“Humour is the best antidote to fear, distrust, BY

depression, and stress. And it is the most Glynda Alves

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underestimated underutilised weapon for
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leaders,” says Dr. Jennifer Aaker, General Dec 19, 2020, 05:47 PM IS
Atlantic Professor.Dr Aaker, along with Naomi
Bagdonas who teaches Humor: Serious
Business, at Stanford’s Graduate School of Share This Artic

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