The Levity Effect, Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher
The Levity Effect, Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher
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The Levity Effect
Why It Pays to Lighten Up

Author: Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher

Narrator: Scott Christopher

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/28/2008


Synopsis

The benefits of the levity effect are not conjecture but are built on extensive research and case studies from some of the worlds most successful organizations. New York Times bestselling authors Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher provide powerful examples from Boeing, Nike, KPMG, Yamaha, Enterprise, Zappos, and dozens of others, showing how lightening up can drive real business results. The book also outlines the extensive research into the subjectstudies that cut against the grain of traditional business thinkingincluding compelling data from the Great Place to Work Institutes onemillionperson database, which reveals that Great companies consistently earn significantly higher marks for fun.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christopher on April 07, 2019

"When leaders lighten up and create a fun workplace, there's a significant increase in the level of employee trust, creativity and communication. Leading to lower turnover, higher morale, and a stronger bottom line." (Adrian Gostick & Scott Christopher, The Levity Effect) This book was about how to a......more

Goodreads review by Adam on May 08, 2024

It's a good general overview of using levity in the workplace for everyone's benefit. I know many successful professionals that do this very naturally and it has really helped them in their professions. A great book to listen to. Probably one of the few where it works better if listened to.......more

Goodreads review by Ken on March 08, 2011

Very interesting listen this was my first audio book. I found the underlying principal of the book obvious once it had been pointed out. As the head of a small team who work very hard and well together and who are very successful at what we do, I was surprised to discover just how important our humo......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 20, 2009

Reads like a Gladwell book. One basic idea pounded over and over again with examples and statistics. Humor in the writing seemed forced, like they had to make it funny because they were writing about levity.......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on September 25, 2009

Not that this matters, but the author is flamingly LDS. The wit was great and he offered lots of ideas to make work fun.......more