A team member is spreading rumors about a coworker. How do you handle this office drama?
When a team member is spreading rumors, it can create a toxic work environment and damage trust. Addressing this issue promptly is essential to maintaining a positive atmosphere:
How would you tackle gossip in your workplace? Share your strategies.
A team member is spreading rumors about a coworker. How do you handle this office drama?
When a team member is spreading rumors, it can create a toxic work environment and damage trust. Addressing this issue promptly is essential to maintaining a positive atmosphere:
How would you tackle gossip in your workplace? Share your strategies.
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Much of it has to do with our need to make sense of what's happening around us. To understand what's going on, people talk to one-another. And, together, they fill in the holes in the story with a little bit of fact – and a lot of guesswork. This new story spreads, with bits and pieces added along the way, until you have an out-of-control rumor spreading throughout your company.