No Gossip Policy | Dave Ramsey

How does Dave Ramsey feel about gossip? Watch this epic rant.

It may be human nature for people to talk about each other, but that doesn’t mean you have to put up with it. It is impossible to create a unified team with a bunch of gossips. Gossip pushes people apart instead of pulling them together, and everyone knows you can’t trust a gossip.

If a team member is discovered gossiping, they receive one warning. After that they’re fired, and, yes, Dave has fired people for gossiping and will do it again to keep it out of his company.

Negative stuff will happen. That's inevitable. The negatives may be about a person or a process. Either way, those issues need to be handed to a leader. If you're mad at your manager, talk to another leader about it. Complaining to your teammates is disloyalty, and it fosters a negative spirit that will trash the organization.

Dave and his team have a motto: Negatives go up; positives come down. Team members love it. They not only adhere to it, they enforce it. They are, after all, the real beneficiaries of that policy. They can point to that rule with pride and cut gossip off before it has a chance to do any damage.

[ryanc]

Gossip is rarely about the target. Instead, it’s usually about the gossiper, and that person’s need for attention and drama.

[emilelei]

'No Gossip Policy' needs to be adopted at all workplaces!

[PizzaJet]

Gossip isn’t just one of the most toxic and disrespectful issues in the workplace. It also plagues and destroys families.

[NicE-jqwv]

Problem is most people who gossip about problems aren’t looking for a solution. They just want to complain.

[shayshay]

Gossip is SO toxic, I wish more managers /directors would have this mindset.

[ladyquaterback]

I am guilty of gossip, but I am really trying to stop, now when I hear some say something negative about someone else I say what do you think others are saying about you. They stay quiet. Work is the biggest gossip trap I eat lunch by myself, and keep conversations quick. I meditate on my lunch in my car and listen to music. I feel at peace rather than listening to coworkers complain for an hour on their lunch time.

[ilovemybeard]

Gossip can also damage an innocent person’s reputation in the workplace and the energy vampires and narcissists will find ways to make that person miserable to the point where the tight nit social group can leave that person isolated like they don’t exist

[aidancash]

This is so true. I worked in a place that was so bad I went home in tears everyday. Mine actually went beyond gossip to bullying. Leadership did nothing. They never followed through and fired anyone.

[bestill]

If you're gossiping, you don't have enough to do!

[LyonBrave]

I hate gossips too. It creates strain on relationships for no reasons and creates enemies with people who do not need to be at odds. I am trying to get my boss to address this problem at work.

[marionwright]

The only problem with this guidance is....if the managers and supervisors are the ones gossiping.

[MsNyongesa]

Gossip is toxic, may God deliver us from it!!!

[joshuacox]

I’m in the navy, on a ship of 350 people, and this so true. You do or say one little thing. The whole ship knows about within an hour.

[tradcatholic]

If you walk in a room and people stop talking it's generally because YOU DON'T ENGAGE IN GOSSIP. If they are gossiping about you, who the heck cares. They often respect you by shutting up like little kids.

[lmdashley]

A woman here at work put up a sign at her desk that reads, "No gossip zone." :)

[Robjohnnetwork]

The sad part is I know managers who gossip and it destroys many reputations.

[mariahconklin]

Every time I opened the door to my work place I heard gossip. I’d love to work for this guy their would be no stress at all what so ever.

[kaseys]

This is a true leader. Very inspiring. I love the no nonsense approach. It is incredibly difficult to work in a toxic environment and it comes from the top down!

[petittall]

I really hate gossip and what pisses me off is the fact that it's almost a not-a-concern thing around so many places in this country. I think the problem is in people's education only as Dave always mentions.

[Zo_]

We need Bosses like this in todays Workplace...Hard-nosed, No-nonsense, and a man of Integrity 💯