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The Surprising Truth About Office Gossip And Belonging

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Gossip is defined as just sharing information, but it can also be a toxic form of empathy. Why would someone who strives to belong engage in behavior that further isolates and creates drama, like gossiping?” Other than drama, gossip mirrors the feeling of being in an “in group.”

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A Deep Dive Into the Positive and Negative Impacts of Gossip

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Don’t tell anyone, but… I really shouldn’t say anything, but did you know… This stays between us… Miss Manners might clutch her pearls at the idea of this decorum-shattering habit, but gossip isn’t always in poor form. At some point doing our workday, we’ll casually share information with one another—in other words, gossip.

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5 Ways Women Can Support Each Other at Work

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You could even make your commitment to supporting other women’s careers explicit, forming what author Jessica Bennett calls a Feminist Fight Club. Women supporting women don’t fall into the gossip trap. Humans love gossip. It is in your own best interest for them to flourish and to develop camaraderie with them.

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5 Ways to Fix Workplace Drama

On The Job

Workplace drama can come in many different forms, from the gossiping colleague to the co-worker who yells (or cries) when under stress. Walk away from gossip. In any workplace, there are gossips who love to have listeners. Don't be one of them, even if the gossiper is using a fun-loving "Wait until you hear this!"

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3 Ways to Handle Nosy Co-Workers

On The Job

In the workplace we often form friendships -- some of them very close -- and as a result we share details of our lives. 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.

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5 Good Lessons from Bad Bosses

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She regularly avoided all forms of interaction with her team, holing herself in her office without talking to anyone except during meetings. We would go to long lunches, she wouldn’t question if I left early, and would share office-gossip that I knew was unprofessional.

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From the Archives: The Power of Reading

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There is always temptation to sacrifice future good for present pleasure; to put off reading to a more convenient season while we enjoy idle amusements or waste the time in gossip or frivolous conversation. The greatest things of the world have been done by those who systematized their work, organized their time. Read, read, read all you can.

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