Resisting the Urge to Gossip
Managers need to find ways to promote informal communication while minimizing destructive gossip and knife-in-the-back criticism that impairs relationships, lowers morale, and decreases productivity.
Managers need to find ways to promote informal communication while minimizing destructive gossip and knife-in-the-back criticism that impairs relationships, lowers morale, and decreases productivity.
Mary Jo Eustace | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Should a nice Canadian gal sell her soul "just a little" to rake up a few thousand more book sales or take the high road, hoping her message won't get lost in the din of the circus that surrounds her?
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Rosie and Kelli are in the midst of what should be a pretty normal problem. But the legal protections for divorce, like for so many other issues, leave LGBT people out.
Mrs. Tansy Maude Peregrine | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver
Coming up this week: Gossip, Future of the Left, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Mt. Eerie and Karl Blau.
Jim Selman | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living
In the past, if people dissented or trafficked in conspiracy theories, gossip and propaganda not too much damage was done.
Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 10.03.2009 | Living
I'm so glad we have the Internet to feed us so, so much well-edited, well-culled information.
Liz Smith | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment
I am still working for a living because I like to work and I am not rich enough to retire. Maybe that's what you find "unseemly."
Richard Laermer | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
Buzzing about others is one of those immutable truisms of the human condition: people gossip for the sake of gossiping. Today, gossip is the province of shouters on the Web.
Fred Silberberg | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
If I get divorced in New York, the documents pertaining to my divorce remain confidential. If I get divorced in California, the documents pertaining to my divorce become a matter of public record.
Nicole Williams | Posted 09.07.2009 | Entertainment
Paula announces her decision to leave Idol, and Victoria joins. Sorry Posh, but there's a reason your singing career didn't pan out. No need to beat a dead horse with a ginormous platform heel.
Jason Mannino | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living
Ninety percent of our eligible workforce remains employed even though we are currently experiencing the worst unemployment rate in 26 years. Stress le...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment
As you're recovering from the joyful overkill that was this year's Comic-Con, take a few moments to catch-up on a handful of the more interesting new press releases.
Michael Wolff | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
Gossip, for Murdoch, is partly business intelligence, but Murdoch also likes to know who is sleeping with whom. It is a prurient interest, but it is also leverage.
Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 03.29.2009 | Living
Why are we so willing to believe bad things about good people?
Betsy Perry | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style
"Idle hands are the devil's workshop" also applies to idle brains and mouths when gossip becomes what you do for a living.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment
The biggest problem with Nicole Kidman's PR-problems (to the extent to which they concern her at all) is that journalists and pundits lump her artsy movies with her more commercial choices.
Off The Bus | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
"Whatever Sarah Palin may think about Monty Python, they certainly have strong opinions of her!"
Huffington Post via Time.com | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 10.18.2008 | Living
Gossip, particularly in this day and age, is an indiscriminate foe. It affects everyone -- from the private to the public sector. As Time's Jeremy Cap...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
He bit hard on the Palin bait and that's a bad thing. A candidate who spends inordinate time and energy trying to tar their opponent runs the same risk as an attorney or a prosecutor in a courtroom.
Candy Spelling | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment
I don't like reading retractions. I like reading news that's true, or at least the product of good reporting.
236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment
Our gossip columnist spends all day in bed scouring the wires for the hottest dish, doing her best to keep her mind active and focused on the troubles...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living