From the course: Navigating Awkward Situations at Work
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Office gossip
- He said, she said. Water cooler gossip is detrimental to effective teams and engaging in it can keep you from moving up to a leadership role but gossip is to tempting especially if you work in high drama fields like creative or sales. The trick is not to lean into it because the more you gossip about your coworkers, the more your coworkers are gonna gossip about you. So, how do you stop when Mary wants to tell you how rude Bill was in the meeting or how she thinks Janice is having an affair? Well, the trick is not to let it get too far. If you wait until Mary has spilled all the beans before you say I don't like gossiping, she's gonna feel horribly embarrassed and then probably go gossip about you. So, even if it means interrupting, cut it off and then say something positive about the person she was gossiping about. It's okay to talk about someone when you're saying something nice. Watch how I manage this with Elizabeth. - Can you believe how snarky Kevin was in the meeting this…
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