How to Avoid Office Gossip

The future is here with the available business skills that develop a Positive Working Environment that builds on Team Players and Ethics. Thereby, eliminating unnecessary disruptions such as slanderous gossip. Which also helps to eliminate other types of unhealthy behavior. Employers that use the Team Concept have employees’ that work together to solve problems.

They make decisions using effective communication.

Practice Goals

They are more out to Trust each other

Are supportive towards Team Members.

A business that uses Ethical Training reduces the dysfunction of unmanaged behaviors and resentments that are damaging to the business.

A survey by the Ethics Resource Center concluded that in 2003 14% of employers were implementing ethics training into their businesses. Then in 2005 the increase jumped to 70% of businesses using the Ethics Training Program in their organization. Businesses that choose to build their company on Teamwork and Ethics is a working environment where employers and employees are happier together, there is less resentment of higher status employees and there is sufficient amount of effective communication skills used more frequently.

Educating Ethics in Schools & Businesses

More business schools are pushing for ethic training for their students’. For the last 2 decades, positive changes are abound by the Development of Business Schools with increasing Ethic Courses. More than 25% of the business schools surveyed having a mandatory class in ethics studies that was a requirement for graduating. Employers’ are also incorporating it.

Structured Environment

A positive work environment builds leadership skills in their employees. Therefore, eliminates the majority of negative forms of gossip and untrustworthy behavior.
Nobody wants to work at a job that doesn’t have a Team Concept in place. If your lucky enough to work in a business that practices Team Players for the success and happiness of everyone involved than the Business will be more likely to flourish and co-workers will get along better; with the practice of Team Goals, and if they have knowledge of the Ethical Training Skills.
Folks appreciate working in a structured environment and working as a Team Player. Employers’ that incorporate the Team Concept build employees worth having. The effects of using Team Goals and ethics in management build:

Effective & Healthy Communication between employees and management.

Team members that feel comfortable expressing their feelings and able able to show their vulnerable side to other Team Members; for learning and expressing opinions in Group Meetings.

Loyalty between co-workers is apparent by being there for each other when the a Team Member(s) needs help that is Work Related.

Trust is when co-workers can show weakness without being criticized; or worrying about being gossiped about because of it.

Successful Development of Team Work shows employees’ to be healthier in behaving more trustworthy and building a good solid grounds for trust.

Effective Team Members’ practice fairness with:
-Team Work
-Goals
-Effort

Goals of Team Members

The outcome of Team Members’ that are able to express themselves better and feel more valued are more valuable to the company. Effective Team Players will challenge their peers and demand Elimination of Negative Behavior. We can spot the gossiper because he/she is always causing trouble. Without so much as a single thought towards what they are saying. If you are lucky enough to be part of a Team Builder that works for Team Work and Team Goals within that structure there isn’t any room for tolerating anyone that tries causing problems with other Team Members.

A survey from the Human Resources Department at Randstad USA, by Genia Spencer reports that out of a survey of 1,540 of U.S. Employees, 60% revealed that their biggest pet peeve in the workplace was employees who gossiped. In addition, the American Society for Training and Development report on business ethics that 21% of workers admitted to frequently participating in gossip and 64% reported gossiping sometimes.

The Gossiper

If there is someone causing trouble at your job, avoid them. It shouldn’t take long for your Fellow Employees to shun the outcast for causing problems.
If your supervisor/boss practices Team Leadership Skills the gossip mongering will not be tolerated. In addition all Staff in a Group Meeting will act together to solve the problem. In a case where everyone works together effectively there would be a limited percent that would wreck havoc briefly.

The best thing to do if you know someone that is gossiping about people or situation…. just don’t get involved with them. Avoid them but remain polite. They will be found out soon enough!

If you have been the source of negative gossip the best thing to do is confront the person. Be direct and straight forward. Let them know you will not tolerate such behavior from them. If they continue back stabbing you than write a letter to your boss stating the dates, time and details of what happened. Keep a copy for yourself as well.

Usually when working with Ethical Practices and Team Work it changes the dynamics of the office by:
-People get along better.
-Work better together.
-Appreciate working as a Team Member.

Odd Ball

The person that doesn’t put in Team Effort won’t last because they will be the orange amongst the apples sort of thing; and there is no room for the odd ball to fit in because of destructive behavior. People that don’t support the Team need to leave the organization. Most employers’ have Work Environment Handbook that includes Disciplinary Actions’ for the spread of gossip.

If you find a pear amongst apples’ to where the negative person is a heavy burden on the rest of the Team Members’ because of Lack of Team Work Practices than the best thing to do is:

-Stay clear from that employee.
-Eliminate the amount of time you are around him/her if possible.
-Keep your personal life private.
References
-The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
-Words That Hurt, Words That Heal by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin