Overview

Gossip is a highly toxic behavior and a costly experience for those giving it, receiving it, and the subject of it.

Sadly, gossip is epidemic and often considered a fact of life, part of being human, and not a learned behavior and bad habit. In this program, participants discover the reasons gossip is so rampant and why understanding and acceptance for the motivations are the first key to transforming out of this destructive and all-to-common behavior. Most people engage in gossip without knowing fully why and yet they don't usually feel proud when they engage in it.

They don't realize there are reasons and core needs for why people gossip that are not in themselves bad, but must be met in new ways. It is only then, they willingly adopt alternatives to meet those needs in ways that are fulfilling and strengthen each person and their relationships. This program provides participants with a powerful means to address gossip head on and come away with greater understanding for how to support self and others in releasing negative feelings in a constructive and restorative manner. Each learns about the intention for venting and transforming reactivity and upset, so that rather than destructive consequences, positive resolutions occur, and stronger relationships develop. Specific tools and strategies are introduced, including steps, intentions and implementation processes for drastic reduction or elimination of gossip along with tools for healthy venting

Why you should Attend

You should attend this program if you are aware of the toxic results of gossip and have not been provided a solution for greatly reducing and eliminating it to create greater health in your work and life settings. In a compassionate and straightforward manner, this program unwraps the understandable reasons people gossip, provides powerful tools to stop gossip between individuals and within organizations, and replaces unhealthy venting with healthy venting instead.

Should you attend, you receive supportive and productive ways to resolve gossip by applying tools that result in outcomes much more fulfilling and rewarding than the fleeting, pseudo-power fix from gossip that leaves one with an emotional hangover. You find value as you come to see how to reduce and eliminate gossip in ways you may not have thought possible, that are deeply satisfying and live-giving over time. Gossip is a cancer in teams and organizations, and you learn of advantages you gain for excising it and allowing healthy communications to flourish instead. 

Areas Covered in the Session

• Understandable Reasons we Gossip
• The Role of Curiosity and Compassion
• Engaging in a Mind Trust
• Healthy Vs Unhealthy Venting
• Choosing Encouragement, Support and Resolution 
  

Who Will Benefit

• Anyone committed to understand and acquire greater awareness and a larger repertoire of responses when communicating 
  with others or helping those they lead to learn the same
• Anyone concerned with the mental wellness and high functioning of people at every age and in every setting
• Anyone committed to find fulfillment and effectiveness in creating successful, productive, and joyful teams
• Anyone challenged with poor behavior in adults or children, in every setting, and who wants an effective solution that 
  preserves the dignity of all involved while improving relationships, maturity in all parties
• Those who want to learn specific systemic shifts needed in thought and behaviors so that effective support of people is 
  made clear, easy to implement, and sustainable over time
• Those who want people to manage themselves and focus on the internal rewards possible when they take responsibility so 
  no one needs to motivate, police, or manage them
• Anyone committed to create consciously from what is most meaningful, successful, and aligned with mission and values that 
  lead to laser focus, clear communication, and self-motivation
• Anyone who recognizes the harmful effects of gossip and is determined to change this toxic behavior
• Those who want effective communication and concepts and tools for creating trust and teamwork
• Those who want to build healthy interpersonal skills so discouragement, struggles, and stress are reduced
• VP and C-Suite Executives, Directors (in, but not limited to, Operations, HR, Agile or Digital Transformation)
• Leaders in Corporate, Education, Government, Non-Profit, where development of people is priority
• Mental Health and Wellness Practitioners
• Those Involved in Mergers and Acquisitions