Dealing with Office Gossip – Before It Ruins Your Reputation and Your Office Morale!
Unconfronted Gossip at Work Results in Toxicity, Low Productivity, High Turnover, and Low Employee Morale!
Instructor :
Rhonda Scharf
Webinar ID:
10787
Date: 21 February 23, TUE
Start Time: 12 Noon PT
Duration: 90 Mins.
What you will learn
- Identify the Difference Between Conversation and Gossip
- What Qualifies as Gossip and When to Stop!
- Identify the Consequences of Gossip – both Personally and to The Team
- How to Avoid being Part of the Problem
- Actual Steps You Can Use to Stay Away from The Gossip Mill…
- Identify the Difference Between Conversation and Gossip
- What Qualifies as Gossip and When to Stop!
- Identify the Consequences of Gossip – both Personally and to The Team
- How to Avoid being Part of the Problem
- Actual Steps You Can Use to Stay Away from The Gossip Mill!
- What to Do When The Gossip is About You – What to Say and Do
- How You Should Deal with The Damage to Your Reputation
- Setting up a “No Gossip” Culture in Your Office
Course Description
Did you know that a staggering 60% of employees have been affected by office gossip, leading to decreased productivity, increased stress levels, and damaged reputations?
In every workplace, gossip can spread like wildfire, wreaking havoc on relationships, team dynamics, and overall office morale – it can destroy a great team!
These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need to tackle this issue head-on!
- So, what do you do? Do you confront the gossip? Do you deny it? Do you ignore it?
- What you do when the office finds it entertainment to talk about others; coworkers, supervisors, clients, competitors?
- When do you confront, when do you deny, and when to you ignore it?
Following a strategy on how and when to deal with gossip makes your life, and your workplace easier.
You don’t want to let the gossip get out of control and create a toxic workplace. So what should you do about it?
In this information loaded, fast paced webinar, Rhonda Scharf, a Professional Speaker and member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, will show you how:
- To identify the difference between conversation and gossip (you would hate to be an accidental gossip!). Once you know what qualifies as gossip it is easier to know when to stop!
- Identify the consequences of gossip – both personally and to the team
- How to avoid being part of the problem – actual steps you can use to stay away from the gossip mill!
- What to do when the gossip is about you (what you should say, what you should do, how you should deal with the damage to your reputation)
- Setting up a “no gossip” culture in your office along with the wording for the policy you can use
Stop gossip in its tracks before it ruins your reputation, your office moral, and your life!
Join Now!
Did you know that a staggering 60% of employees have been affected by office gossip, leading to decreased productivity, increased stress levels, and damaged reputations?
In every workplace, gossip can spread like wildfire, wreaking havoc on relationships, team dynamics, and overall office morale – it can destroy a great team!
These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need to tackle this issue head-on!
- So, what do you do? Do you confront the gossip? Do you deny it? Do you ignore it?
- What you do when the office finds it entertainment to talk about others; coworkers, supervisors, clients, competitors?
- When do you confront, when do you deny, and when to you ignore it?
Following a strategy on how and when to deal with gossip makes your life, and your workplace easier.
You don’t want to let the gossip get out of control and create a toxic workplace. So what should you do about it?
In this information loaded, fast paced webinar, Rhonda Scharf, a Professional Speaker and member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, will show you how:
- To identify the difference between conversation and gossip (you would hate to be an accidental gossip!). Once you know what qualifies as gossip it is easier to know when to stop!
- Identify the consequences of gossip – both personally and to the team
- How to avoid being part of the problem – actual steps you can use to stay away from the gossip mill!
- What to do when the gossip is about you (what you should say, what you should do, how you should deal with the damage to your reputation)
- Setting up a “no gossip” culture in your office along with the wording for the policy you can use
Stop gossip in its tracks before it ruins your reputation, your office moral, and your life!
Join Now!
Why you should attend
How can I stop the gossip?
How an organization (and an individual) 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.
Office gossip can erode trust, breed negativity, and create rifts within teams. As a leader, your role in addressing and preventing office gossip is crucial.
This training will equip you with strategies to address conflicts arising from gossip, rebuild trust, and promote healthy collaboration. Build a harmonious work environment that maximizes productivity and teamwork.
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!
Enroll Now!
How can I stop the gossip?
How an organization (and an individual) 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.
Office gossip can erode trust, breed negativity, and create rifts within teams. As a leader, your role in addressing and preventing office gossip is crucial.
This training will equip you with strategies to address conflicts arising from gossip, rebuild trust, and promote healthy collaboration. Build a harmonious work environment that maximizes productivity and teamwork.
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!
Enroll Now!
Areas Covered
- Identify the difference between conversation and gossip (you would hate to be an accidental gossip!). Once you know what qualifies as gossip it is easier to know when to stop!
- Identify the consequences of gossip – both personally and to the team
- How to avoid being part of the problem – actual steps you can use to stay away from the gossip mill!
- What to do when the gossip is about you (what you should say, what you should do, how you should deal with the damage to your reputation)
- Setting up a “no gossip” culture in your office along with the wording for the policy you can use
BONUS:
- PDF copy of the presentation handout for your future reference.
- Soft copy of the certificate of completion on request.
- Q&A Session with the Presenter: Get your pressing questions answered verbally, via chat or email.
- Identify the difference between conversation and gossip (you would hate to be an accidental gossip!). Once you know what qualifies as gossip it is easier to know when to stop!
- Identify the consequences of gossip – both personally and to the team
- How to avoid being part of the problem – actual steps you can use to stay away from the gossip mill!
- What to do when the gossip is about you (what you should say, what you should do, how you should deal with the damage to your reputation)
- Setting up a “no gossip” culture in your office along with the wording for the policy you can use
BONUS:
- PDF copy of the presentation handout for your future reference.
- Soft copy of the certificate of completion on request.
- Q&A Session with the Presenter: Get your pressing questions answered verbally, via chat or email.
Who is this course for
Everybody benefits from watching this. Even better when done as a group!
- Small Business Owners
- Leaders
- Managers
- Team Leaders
- Project Managers
- Department Heads
- Supervisors and anyone in Leadership Role
Everybody benefits from watching this. Even better when done as a group!
- Small Business Owners
- Leaders
- Managers
- Team Leaders
- Project Managers
- Department Heads
- Supervisors and anyone in Leadership Role
Instructor Profile
Rhonda Scharf is Insightful, humorous, entertaining, even contagious – all words that are often used to describe Rhonda Scharf. A speaker with the uncanny ability to look at the normal and see something quite different!
Rhonda is a Professional Speaker and member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, a Certified Speaking Professional, and has earned her Global Speaking Fellow. Rhonda is one of only a handful of speakers in the entire world with these designations. She is based in Ottawa and Fort Myers, depending on the season, and she travels the world working with her clients.
Rhonda will share some things she has learned to help you excel in your work environment, emerging at the end of the day with a smile and a sense of accomplishment. Audiences far and wide sing her praises for her relevant and useful tips on administration, communication, and workplace effectiveness! From efficiency to the future of work; Rhonda has the info to help you thrive!
She knows how to make you laugh and she knows how to get you to question why you do what you do. Her natural warmth and sincerity are balanced by a healthy sense of the absurd, a combination that is useful in any situation.
Rhonda has written 8 books, with her latest “Alexa is Stealing Your Job” and her best-seller “Common Sense is NOT Common Practice” still available.
Rhonda’s professional speaking career began at age two… when her mother would offer her 25 cents to be quiet for five minutes!
