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Joking your way to the top: why laughter is the best medicine for stressed executives

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Workplaces in January are not generally very funny places to be, but new research has found humour can be just the thing to get an organisation off on the right foot.

The ever-present need to respond to multiple stakeholders, operate in multiple markets and offer multiple products and services,...

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