One of my favorite bosses joked about everything and was totally irreverent, even on topics of firing. Everyone loved them because they did it with a candor th

One of my favorite bosses joked about everything and was totally irreverent, even on topics of firing. Everyone loved them because they did it with a candor that was always very obviously not serious it was disarming. Given the nature of the work we did was very high risk, the disarming was welcome. Being fired was nowhere near the worst case outcome if we didn't do our jobs well, so joking about anything was fair game if it helped relieve some tension. Be careful not to create environments where people have to add walking on eggshells to their already long list of difficult responsibilities.