Comments on: Performance Issues: Addressing Office Gossip http://www.ginaabudi.com/performance-issues-addressing-office-gossip/ Strategy * Projects * Processes * People * Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jamie Resker http://www.ginaabudi.com/performance-issues-addressing-office-gossip/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Jamie Resker Sat, 22 May 2010 13:42:38 +0000 http://www.ginaabudi.com/?p=1882#comment-322 Hi Lior, Thank you for your insight. You might be interested in a Wall Street Journal article that echoes some of your thoughts on the topic http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/12/10/is-office-gossip-helpful-or-hurtful/ My favorite article on the gossip was printed in the NY Times and shares the perspective of an employee on gossip; the harmful type of gossip, and why her company’s No Gossip Policy makes for a respectful environment to work in. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/jobs/15pre.html Hi Lior,

Thank you for your insight. You might be interested in a Wall Street Journal article that echoes some of your thoughts on the topic http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/12/10/is-office-gossip-helpful-or-hurtful/

My favorite article on the gossip was printed in the NY Times and shares the perspective of an employee on gossip; the harmful type of gossip, and why her company’s No Gossip Policy makes for a respectful environment to work in. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/jobs/15pre.html

]]> By: Lior Sion http://www.ginaabudi.com/performance-issues-addressing-office-gossip/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Lior Sion Sat, 22 May 2010 11:35:18 +0000 http://www.ginaabudi.com/?p=1882#comment-321 I think what you describe here has a deeper problem hidden. A gossipy env. is usually not caused by one person - you need to have at least 2 to gossip. And then it spread - and the damage to the atmosphere in general is even worse than the damage to each person who every once in a while is the target of the gossip. My suggestion is to try and understand why the office environment allows for personal gossip (I think the *other* type of gossip, talking about this and that, is quite ok, even helpful), and then change it from the grounds up. I think what you describe here has a deeper problem hidden. A gossipy env. is usually not caused by one person – you need to have at least 2 to gossip. And then it spread – and the damage to the atmosphere in general is even worse than the damage to each person who every once in a while is the target of the gossip.

My suggestion is to try and understand why the office environment allows for personal gossip (I think the *other* type of gossip, talking about this and that, is quite ok, even helpful), and then change it from the grounds up.

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