Respect Tip: Refrain from Gossip

By |2017-01-13T13:42:11-05:00March 13th, 2012|Categories: Respect Tips|Tags: |

We've all done it. It might have seemed harmless at the time. We started or passed along gossip about one of our co-workers. But it isn't harmless and it can be hurtful. Sadly, as workplace violence, bullying, and harassment rates continue to rise, gossip is also increasingly playing a larger role. Gossip nowadays doesn't just happen in person around [...]

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Respect Tip: Speak Only What You Know is True

By |2015-08-07T10:16:58-04:00February 7th, 2012|Categories: Respect Tips|Tags: , |

This week's tip can be interpreted a couple of ways. I am going to focus on it's similarity to gossip and not the larger issue of what is truth. Too often people are talking about things in the workplace that simply are not true and it's harming the entire organization. Here's an example of that destructive behavior: Employee #1 says [...]

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