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While business spend a lot of time figuring out new way’s of communication that will increase work activity and eventually revenue, we are forgetting about the form’s of communication that actually work against our company, such as gossiping about yourself or other’s around you.
What percent of all interpersonal communication time in your organization is spent on these two dialogues? People talking about how smart, special, or wonderful they are (or listening while others do this). People talking about how stupid, bad, or inept someone else is (or listening while others do this).
The surprising answer to this question is a large 60 percent. That is too much time wasted on talking about yourself and others in the workplace. There is nothing being accomplished by doing this other then proving you know how to waste time and put others on the spot.
Maybe try setting an example for your employees by not doing this yourself or at least cutting it down, and in a professional manner remind your employees that this is discouraged from them doing it as well. Bring up the huge 60 percent statistic and see if that helps cut it down.
What are your thoughts on gossip in the work place?