Someone pulls you aside after a meeting. They lean in. They've got something to tell you about a colleague, a decision that's coming, a rumor making the rounds. And you feel it, that pull. The slight quickening. The part of you that wants to know.

Office gossip is one of those workplace dynamics that almost everyone participates in to some degree and almost no one feels good about. Today I'm going to tell you what's actually going on when gossip circulates, why it's so hard to stay out of it, what it costs you when you don't, and how to navigate it in a way that keeps you connected without compromising your integrity or your reputation.

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30. Office Gossip and Rumor Mills: How to Stay Out of It Without Becoming Invisible

Workplace Therapy with Dr. Abby Medcalf

30. Office Gossip and Rumor Mills: How to Stay Out of It Without Becoming Invisible