February 4, 2010PowerPhrase: Passing rumors is gossip
Three “WikisRUs” employees were riding in a car discussing the management changes the company was going through. When they started sharing rumors, Nancy pulled out her cell phone (she wasn’t driving) and called her manager to ask questions about what she was hearing. She did that because she remembered her manager saying,
- Passing rumors instead of verifying them is a destructive form of gossip. Gossip doesn’t serve our team, but clarifying rumors does. I will respond to all questions about rumors you’ve heard.
Her manager was able to clear up most of the rumors, and her team members discovered they were better off verifying rumors than spreading them too.
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