Dealing With Office Gossip
Human Resources
60 Minutes
Friday, March 31,2023
01:00 PM EST
STA2023092
Overview
How an organization deals with gossip can mean the difference between growing and thriving, or disintegrating from within. Office gossip is a fact of life - what you do with it is up to you.
Come to this 60 min virtual meeting and find out the answers to your questions. Stop gossip in its tracks before it ruins your reputation!
Who should attend?
- All Employees
- Managers
- HR
Why should you attend?
Gossip. It happens in every workplace and in every family. For some reason, we just love to talk about others. Until that conversation is about us. When we're the subject of office gossip, it no longer seems like harmless entertainment.
So, what do you do? Do you confront the gossip? Do you deny it? Do you ignore it?
Is gossip in the workplace really dangerous? Can it ruin your reputation? Should you take the "high road" and ignore it, or should you deal with it head-on?
Find out what to do and why you should do it. Don't "guess" at the correct way of dealing with office gossip - there is TOO MUCH at stake to chance.
What you'll learn?
- Learning to Tell the Difference between conversation and gossip (you would hate to be an accidental gossip!)
- Why it is wrong to gossip (everyone does it!)
- How can we protect against participating in gossip
- What to do when the gossip is about you
- Stop gossip in its tracks before it ruins your reputation!
Speakers
Ms. Rhonda Scharf
Rhonda is an author, speaker, trainer, and grandmother. She has earned her Certified Speaking Professional, is a member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, and is one of only 35 speakers worldwide who have earned their Global Speaking Fellow (meaning she truly has an international business), and been awarded the Spirit of CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers) award. She was the first speaker in the entire world to earn all four awards. Her peers consider Rhonda a leader in the speaking industry! Her natural warmth and sincerity are balanced by a healthy sense of the absurd, a combination that is useful in any situation.
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