Stress Free Work Minute: How to Avoid the Dangers of Gossip at Work

Did you hear the latest about Joe?

Whenever someone starts with Did you hear the latest, that is your signal to put your hand up and say no, I am not interested.

Use the motto, 2, 4, 6, 8 I will not participate.

Workplace gossip has one goal. To elevate the person telling it by lowering others.

It is a colossal time-waster, morale killer, and often not even valid.

The person telling it takes a half-truth and turns it into a whole line.

These insecure gossipers are more involved in digging for dirt than getting work done.

Be very careful what you share with them, or else it may come back to bite you.

Companies with positive work cultures should not tolerate gossip in any form.

The most telling thing about people is when they only tell the truth.