Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

Here's a quick story about a rental car that almost killed me this year! AND I offer 4 quick things to check on a rental car that might just save your life.   https://www.theWorkLady.com Jan McInnis is a top keynote speaker, funny female motivational speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy writer. She has written for Jay Leno's The Tonight Show monologues as well as many other people,...

Sometimes you get an opportunity out of the blue that is HUGE; Here's a quick story of one of mine.  https://www. TheWorkLady.com   Jan McInnis is a top change management keynote speaker and comedian. She uses short funny stories to emphasize her tips on how businesses can use humor to handle change. Jan is a top conference keynote speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy writer. She ha...

A week of bad shows will kill your spirit. My week working with Larry the Cable Guy saved my career, AND I learned a valuable lesson about failure. Here's a quick story from my days on the road in comedy clubs. https://www.theWorkLady.com Jan McInnis is a top keynote speaker, funny female motivational speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy writer. She has written for Jay Leno's The To...

I had my plane tickets and I was BOOKED. But other stuff happened. Somewhere out there, there's a house wife in Texas who messed up my big break!! Here's the short version of a moment in my life that hurts! https://www.theWorkLady.com Jan McInnis is a top keynote speaker, funny female motivational speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy writer. She has written for Jay Leno's The Tonigh...

Who knew attending a Cher concert would lead to a life in comedy for ME! AND it was so full of weird coincedences that you just can't make it up. Take a 2 minute listen as to how I got the nerve to get verbalize my goals, which led to the Hollywood Improv. https://www.theWorkLady.com Jan McInnis is a top keynote speaker, funny female motivational speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy...

Do you really want to be famous is a quick post about the weekend I worked with Jon Stewart at the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta. It gave me a unique perspective on being famous and brought up a few questions. https://www. TheWorkLady.com   Jan McInnis is a top motivational keynote speaker, comedian, master of ceremonies and comedy writer. She uses short funny stories to emphasize her tips on h...

I've been hit up for money before from various people, but listen in to this quick story about an agency who tried to get some money from me to help them promote me. It was ridiculous! I tried helping them out, but in the end, it really wasn't worth it. It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & pr...

There are some lists you want to make it on in comedy and some you don't. Here's a quick story about the time I got on a very good list! Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues.   Jan is an established comedy writer. She's sold material for Jay Leno's Tonight Show monologue on the Tonight Show...

Cursing on stage is usally a BIG no-no for corporate events, BUT here's a quick story about the ONE time I did it and it worked!!! In fact I got booked for MORE shows. Funny c omedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis 's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues.     Jan is an established comedy writer. She's sold material for Jay Leno's Tonight...

It's funny business! And today Jan shares a quick story from her comedy club days about doing radio . . . or NOT doing radio. Take a quick break and pick up a quick tip.

Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues.   This episode is what she learned from the drunkest emcee gig she ever had to do! Jan is an established comedy writer. She's sold material for Jay Leno's Tonight Show monologue on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio,...

It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. Check out Jan's website here. Check out more stories on her Facebook Business page here. Today Jan shares one of the keys of her success! It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs...

Short stories from Jan's comedy and keynote speaking career with unique tips for business.   https://www.theWorkLady.com Jan McInnis is a top keynote speaker, funny female motivational speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy writer. She has written for Jay Leno's The Tonight Show monologues as well as many other people, places, and groups—radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, guests on...

Two quick jokes from the news today. Check them out!

Jan's Website 3 news jokes under 1 minute. I've written and sold a ton of jokes from news stories. Nowadays I just do them for myself because I think they're funny. News stores are an easy way to add humor - just stay away from politics and messy stories like that. Oh, and don't be mean or do stories about catastropies . . . stupid criminals are fair game! For more of Jan's Humor, check out her we...

Murder Investigations and Big Business are connected! At least that's what funny motivational speaker, comedian and business humorist Jan McInnis says. Her latest article titled "Five Things I Learned From Forensic Files" shows what business leaders can learn from crime and murder scene investigations. Forensics, not just crime but other types of forensics such as accounting forensics, encompasses...

It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. Today Jan shares one of the keys of her success! It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. Funny comedian & top keynote sp...

Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues.   Jan is an established comedy writer. She's sold material for Jay Leno's Tonight Show monologue on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her p...

I think I actually had that thought when I was in my marketing job. I talked about using statistics in yesterdays humor tip, so that's an example of how I did it.   I hope you're having a wonderful Sunday. If you want to hear stories from my comedy career, check out my short podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. It's called Comedian Stories. I kick off with a joke, tell a short 3 or 4 minute st...

And it's the Saturday edition of Finding the Funny, which means I'll be giving you a tip to find the funny yourself! I've written for everyone from the Tonight Show to radio, syndicated cartoon strips, CEO's, companies like airline food vendors. I now travel the country showing organizations how to use humor in business.   So here's your 60 second tip. . . Use statistics. They may be boring, but t...

If you watch 20 comics, you may see 20 different approaches to telling a joke. In my act I do 3-4 jokes a minute, and I like the set-up punch style of Rodney Dangerfield and Jay Leno. If you don't like this one, then you'll like this one. But other comics like to tell stories, and other comics like to tell stock jokes that we've all heard, and some comics like to act out and be physical while tell...

I always have a client call before my keynotes and comedy shows. And people try to come up with funny things, instead of just telling me the facts and let ME come up with the funny. And people have actually said things to me such as "make fun of her hair" or "make fun of his divorce." Wow, really? Would you say that to them?   We're talking humor rules this week and my tip today sounds obvious, bu...

I was performing for a group of 4400 people. It was a dinner event, and they ran out of dinners for 1500 people. It was plated, so basically they miscounted by 1500 meals. AND it was their employee appreciate banquet. As a comedian, I wanted to get onstage, pull the curtain back and say "hey, I found them."   I didn't do that – why? Well this week's tips are on humor rules, and my tip today is to...

Years ago I got to do comedy in front of 500 blind merchant. I was the only sighted person in the room, so of course as a comedian, the first thing I want to say when I get on stage is "hey, I'm naked!" But I didn't. Why? Okay, maybe it's a bad visual, but also they had put in my contract that they have heard every blind joke on the planet, so I can't do them. Period. They had a GREAT sense of hum...

There are few rules for humor, and in fact, I think the only big rule in comedy is to be funny. You can be dirty, clean, insulting or whatever, but as long as you're funny, you've fulfilled the job requirement. That's the number one rule for the comedy clubs anyway. BUT doubtful most of you will be performing in a comedy club. So, if you want to tell jokes around family, friends, or the office, th...