Understanding Gossip and How to Control It!

The idea of "violence" connotes the physical harm that one may do to another. However, there is another form of violence that is as dangerous and insidious, and this is gossip.

In company offices, in meetings, on the phone, in emails, in social settings and around the water cooler, people are spending more time talking about someone else ? in language that is most often harmful, hurtful, critical, demeaning, and judgmental — and outside the presence of the one who is the subject of the conversation.

Contrary to popular opinion, gossip is not benign; it's not idle; it's not tame; it's not "for the fun of it". It's certainly not entertainment. If you're at all interested in putting a stop to gossip, rumors, and innuendo than this report is for you!



In this 15-page report you'll learn:

The key reasons why people engage in gossip and rumors.

How to mitigate and control gossip in any environment.

Critical questions every person must ask themselves.

To embrace new patterns of thought and behavior.

Why you allow the violence of gossip to continue.

How to protect your reputation and good name.

Here's an inside look at the report:

Since no one of us is born gossiping, how is it that some of us develop into individuals who have a desire, need or obsession to engage in such violent or toxic behaviors like gossip?

The short answer is that each of us grows up with three basic psychosocial needs: the need for control, the need for security and the need for recognition.

The reality is that because many of us feel we're not in control of our lives, or feel we're not receiving adequate attention, acknowledgment and recognition, or feel insecure within ourselves, we look outside our self for ways to "feel good" and to "feel better" about life and about our world.
While there are many ways to meet these three needs, one of the most blatant and egregious ways we meet these three needs at work is through gossiping.


- 15 pages, Acrobat PDF format