How Gossiping At Work Can Boost Your Career

  In this episode of BIZ, we completely flip the script on workplace gossip, revealing why it might actually be essential for your career – and when it could destroy it. Discover the surprising truth about which gender gossips more and just how gossip is hardwired into our DNA.Get the exact strategies for "safe gossiping" that won't damage your reputation, discover what a "reputation ripple" is and how to use it to your advantage, and learn the perfect phrases to gracefully exit a toxic gossip session without making it awkward. Plus, find out why the worst gossip disasters almost always involve one particular communication method that's probably sitting open on your computer right now.Whether you're trying to navigate office politics or build a healthier team culture, these science-backed insights will transform how you think about workplace communication – and might just save your career.Sign up to the BIZ newsletter hereYou might be interested in our episodes on:How To Build A Profitable Side Hustle (From Someone Who Actually Did It)How To Nail Networking, Even When it Feels Super AwkwardHow To Talk So People Listen To YouHow To Be More Productive (Without Trying Too Hard)How To Ask For More Money (Without Dying From Awkwardness)THE END BITSSupport independent women's media.Follow the Biz Instagram, Michelle’s startup Sunroom and Soph’s career coaching business Workbaby.Got a work life dilemma? Send us all the questions you definitely can't ask your boss for our Biz Inbox episodes - send us a voice note or email us at [email protected]. You can remain anon! HOSTS: Michelle Battersby, Soph Hirst and Em VernemEXEC PRODUCER: Georgie PageAUDIO PRODUCER: Leah Porges Mamamia's studios are furnished with thanks to Fenton & Fenton. For more head to their website here. Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.  Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.