Leaders can employ self-deprecation as a leadership tool. The dictionary defines self-deprecation as modesty about or criticism of oneself. n a previous Psychology Today post (2022), we viewed humor ...

Before Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler—and even before Joan Rivers—comedy’s queen of self-deprecation was the late Phyllis Diller. Sassy one-liners (“I once wore a peekaboo blouse—people would peek and ...

Self-deprecation can lower your credibility and your self-esteem, but when used correctly, it is an underappreciated tool. When giving talks, self-deprecation can be used to diffuse antipathy, express ...

The most popular story on the New Yorker’s website at the time of my writing is a Daily Shouts piece by (Jewish!) humor writer Bess Kalb: “A Selection of the 30 Most Disappointing Under 30. It’s good.