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Toxic Talk: Handling and Minimizing Workplace Gossip

Course Description:

Gossip in the workplace...it's just a harmless by-product of corporate life, right?  Wrong.  If left unchecked, toxic talk can wreak havoc on your organization.

In fact, workplace gossip is counter-productive and a morale killer.  It breeds resentment and becomes a roadblock to effective communication and collaboration.

But it's human nature to complain, everybody gossips.  So, if gossip is here to stay, how can you minimize its damaging effects?

Learn how to take control of the situation and end negative gossip and rumors in the workplace. Whether it's at the water cooler or on Facebook, this comprehensive audio conference on CD will provide you with the tools you need to handle and minimize the damaging effects of catty chatter

Course Highlights:

During this comprehensive program, you’ll also learn:

• Defining and identifying gossip
• Understand how workplace gossip can undermine morale and efficiency
• How to establish a policy on gossip that works
• Strategies to handle your own "Gossip Girl" (or boy) in your workplace
• How to tell if your workplace has a gossip problem
• How managers unintentionally encourage this behavior - and how to get them to change
• Learn how social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and others, can promote and spread gossip and what you need to do about it
• Prepare for gossip: When rumors begin and how to handle these situations
• Sacred Cows: Topics that should never be discussed in the workplace
• Learn how to put gossip and the rumor mill to work for you and your organization
• When employers can be liable for things employees say

faculty:

Tracy L. Glanton, Associate, Elarbee Thompson

Tracy focuses her practice on defending employers in connection with labor and employment law, including charges, claims, and grievances filed by employees, labor negotiations, non-competition agreements and trade secrets matters, litigation, and training. Tracy also has significant experience with public employment law. Prior to joining Elarbee Thompson, Tracy was an associate at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore in Los Angeles, CA.

Louise Bauer Davoli, MSW, Principal Coach, Minerva Group 

Ms. Bauer Davoli is a graduate of the New Agreements Coach Training Institute and focuses on coaching for progressive leadership.  As a leadership coach, Louise works with professionals seeking to enhance their careers and elevate workplace outcomes while shifting organizational culture.  At the heart of Louise's approach and philosophy is the powerful connection between values, beliefs, thoughts and behavior.  Coaching for progressive leadership is for individuals and organizations pursuing a shift in organizational culture through accountability, and awareness. Louise has over 20 years of leadership roles and project management experience with health and human service issues at the national level and as a consultant.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

pricing:

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Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

HRCI - Receive 1.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

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