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Kamis, 24 Juni 2010

Gossip Office, Should be overcome?


For most employees, the gossip is part of everyday routine. Almost every day we are dealing with assumptions and chat about the state of the company, management policies are deemed harmful, even our boss's private life. Looks like no one who does not like gossip, although often not proven true.

While like this, when the economic situation was not satisfactory and many companies have to give up on the option to lay off some employees, it is very difficult to prevent the movement of negative gossip in the office. Gossip about who would be fired, who holds a particular position, the issue of payroll deductions, will be conversations in the workplace Santer.

An investigation proved, 63% of respondents agreed that the gossip brought negative influence to the work situation. Employees who feel insecure with their position in the office, will feel increasingly uncomfortable intersection between siurnya the gossip. As a result of their performance and morale decreases. This situation ultimately will inevitably affect the productivity of the company, other employee morale, and of course a conducive atmosphere in the office environment.

Another effect of the gossip is the loss of trust from the employees of the company. They feel the company is dealing with something that might be a crisis, but the management did not communicate it to employees.

Gossip can not be destroyed just like that, management can do is reduce their development so as not to endanger employees' performance and productivity of the company. The following tips can be a leader to minimize the negative effects of gossip.

1. Communicate any positive developments within the company.
Tell if there is a change in management, trends in the nature of the business enterprise, the company's new products, employees who enter and exit. Give your employees the impression that they are part of a large family of companies.

2. Of Be visible.
Become a leader who can be found easily by your staff that they feel have access to either confirm or ask something, whether or not the gossip. Interactions every day is mandatory. Employees should feel that their leaders know the development of their work. Leaders who are "hiding" in the room and hard to find in fact will add to the negative assumptions of employees and to encourage the growth of gossip.

3. Hold an informal meeting one on one with employees who you believe.
Often personal closeness makes them more open about the gossip circulating in the office. So that before one gossip evolved into things that hurt the performance of your employees, you can give to absorb the bad counterback.

4. Stop the internal competition in the company.
Competition is only going to break down the department and its employees and is a rumor that a soft material. Instead of carrying out the task and the determined pursuit of the target company, employees will more often preoccupied with their political rivalry.


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