Practically Perfect PA
MAY 31, 2012
Secondly, how do we have effective working relationships with our team when they know that we are privy to information that may concern them and lastly how do we maintain this trust when other members of staff are spreading office gossip? Office Gossip. Honesty is the best and quickest policy! Sometimes it is just not worth knowing.
Success
MARCH 29, 2022
The challenge is bad habits are insidious, creeping up on you slowly until you don’t even notice the damage they’re causing. Self-control is like a muscle—to build it up you need to exercise it. Studies have shown that hopping on your phone and email every time they ping for your attention causes your productivity to plummet.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 5, 2008
If your workplace buddies are "gossip friends" Are they really someone you can trust in the end? People who gossip like to dig for "dirt" They may go too far and someone gets hurt They bring up rumours and hearsay too But do you really care, even if it were true? Tags: chatter hate gossip.
On The Job
DECEMBER 19, 2018
But those are details you may not want to share with the woman down the hall because a) she's a terrible gossip and b) you don't know her well enough to share that information. She may be asking the question not as a chance to gossip, but because she sees you seem to be upset. Let me send it to you -- what's your email?"
Success
MAY 31, 2022
An email preview pops up in the corner of your screen. Celebrity gossip. Our newer tech- and media-based distractions are actually just add-ons to many of the old diversions that have plagued humanity for countless generations, like having mixed-up priorities or viewing ourselves and other people in unhelpful ways.
On The Job
AUGUST 3, 2020
You can compliment a colleague on an online presentation via email, or even pick up the phone. Don't send late night emails if it's not absolutely necessary, and the same goes for weekends. Don't be late to meetings (and apologize if you are) and don't monopolize someone's time with your complaints or gossip.
On The Job
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
The new boss may only like to communicate via email, even if he's sitting across the table from you. Be ready to introduce yourself to the new boss like a real grown-up professional. Badmouthing a colleague -- or even your former boss -- is very unprofessional and will get you labeled a gossip. But a new boss? You need to: 1.
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