Gossip is so destructive that an innocent person gets involved and their reputation is ruined and it could be in the workplace, family, College, School, etc

I despise gossip too. However, if multiple people are having issues with the same manager, you should listen to them not dismiss them.

Gossip killed my church. The doors closed permanently. It started with one woman. It's a cancer.

Hand your negatives up and your positives down! Works both ways, too. I had a boss who would gossip about her employees with her favorite manager, including me. And it was about the dumbest stuff, like the fact that I don’t eat the way she thought I should! I worked as an order processor at a grass seed company - my lunches are irrelevant! And her manager would root out crap to bring to the boss to talk about, like it’s a game. Yet she was shocked when I put in my notice. I couldn’t work somewhere with a manager that smiled to my face and laughed at my back with my boss.

Smack the world with the truth!! Gossip kills businesses, churches, relationships and it’s completely unbiblical. It is such a destroyer. Thanks for being so bold Dave! I love how you just tell it how it is.

Quit a job on the 2nd week over gossip. It wasn't serious but no way in hell I want to be in that environment.

I agree with Dave here this a huge problem in company’s and needs to be dealt with people need to work collect a paycheck and go home happy

Gossip - Talking about problem with a person who can't fix it. Talk to people who can fix it Send negative up and positive down If you're unhappy then leave. Don't complain, become aware and fix it. Don't allow gossipers.

Thank you Dave!!! you just made a friend.

I respect a zero gossip policy specially at work because gossip is UGLY.

Good word, Dave Ramsey!

How can anyone Gossip about a person and you don't even talk to them

Yes but I ignore it. I’m on a financial mission. I don’t have time for other people’s issues. “You’re going to fire me!” “Oh definitely yeah, yeah!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great video, truths galore

Theres a difference between gossip and sharing information.... and it can be interpreted differently by people.... so make sure that you aren't squashing sharing of information....

Gossip all day! Just fire em bubba I hate people who gossip

Gossip is not he right approach. However, if that many people in your organization have a problem with that middle manager, then, believe me, he IS a problem. People don't consistently complain about good managers.

Preach it, Dave.

What do you do when it's the boss, or leader that gossips about employees to other employees or brings down one employee in front of another, behind their back. What happens when you work under a leader/manager or boss that's exposes everyone and hurts people all in the process of building a business, how could you trust that manager/boss that you are suppose to take instruction from and trust in a working environment. Many employees have been hurt like this. Good employees.

I agree, but I'm not sure how to incorporate it with the idea that sometimes folks need to let off steam and it be harmless in a lot of cases

I like you, you are so straightforward

I wish Dave Ramsey spoke Spanish, Loteria Tradicional of Puerto Rico need this speech

Interesting topic! FOCUS is key to everything! What do you guys think?

"NEH, NEH, NEH, NEH, NEH." Good argument...

"Dude, you wrote a PHONEBOOK about me." XDDDDDD

I do not think I'll be going back to my job. The management will not fire a lady who gossips. Just like this lady. She has little minions to that gossip with her. Sad and pathetic. I do not understand gossip

So what do you do about incompetent management?? Going over their head is even worse than ignoring it.

If only all management leaders had the backbone to enforce this policy. The American workplace would be 💯 percent better. Unfortunately, too many in management are weasels who tiptoe around the gossip/troublemaker and let them create chaos.

No matter how bad you want someone to talk with you they won't deal with gossipers who kill business lower level people with no brains and no goals except to harass and bully people because all they know is to gossip and stay poor and lose everything

Wow. Dave is tough. Bad managers are why people leave.. firing them is not generally part of that equation

i agree. Gossip is negative, destructive, and one of the worst human behavior. although, reporting it to a boss would be considered "snitching". so i don't know what the answer is.

My husband is bad at it.omg and his"friends"

How about finding out your coworker is talking about your personal life when she is home chatting on the phone. I only have to engage 30 minutes with this person most days- and it is the worst part of my day!

When you got people yucky when they're supposed to be working they're actually stealing time from the boss and when people steal time from the boss you should fire them

Better pay stops a bunch😂😂😂

I give people three chances and I think that's generous and then if they screw up and talk behind my back on the third time they're out of my books permanently I mean I forgive people but I'm not going to have people step all over my pearls because I don't throw my pearls onto swine people who are backstabbers who could care less about me or value me as a human being I value people I treat people kindly and I have patience for them but as soon as they start talking behind my back watch out that's it I've been around this world long enough to know what I want in life and how I want to be treated when I was younger growing up I put up with a lot I was hurt I was a victim and I was a victim because of my own stupidity and lack of knowledge and ignorance will know that I'm older I can't use anything as an excuse to put up with garbage anymore my boundaries are a lot different and I don't allow people to step over my boundaries I set them at a certain distance and then that's where they stay and there's nothing wrong with protecting yourself there's that little boy or little girl inside of you and maybe people didn't respect you when you were younger maybe people walked over you maybe people were mean to you and that's that little girl that's saying please protect me or that's that little boy that's saying please protect me don't allow anybody abuse me and gossip is a form of severe abuse. So what's the difference between physical and emotional abuse it's all the same in different degrees and it affects everybody differently sure but it's still abuse you think of for instance Amber Heard and Johnny Depp she abused him by nagging him to death and not allowing him to walk away and go into his man cave and think for a while every man needs to have a space to think it rejuvenates him and he becomes a smarter man he can think clear but if you're hounding a man and you're nagging nagging nagging at him all the time you're going to ruin your marriage you're going to ruin your friendship whether it's your husband your boyfriend your brother whatever and so it's called and psychology reactive abuse. Even Jesus left to a place to be alone to pray. He didn't ignore the people he just needed to talk to his heavenly father and rejuvenate and get the strength that he needed. He was a man a perfect man but he still needed that time. So just be careful what comes out of your mouth because you can't bring it back and when you swear and you gossip it's like rotten fish that comes out of your mouth and who wants to see decayed rotten fish and I think there's a reason why God gave us two years in one mouth

You know what the Bible says about gossip. For we hear that some of you are walking disorderly among you, not working at all, but meddling with what does not concern you. And it continues paragraph 12 to basically eat quietly. Second Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 11, 12. Yeah it's in the Bible can you believe it it's very destructive and it's likened to murder because if you tell stories about somebody and they're not true and it goes back to the person it could cause some severe anxiety and it could cause them depression to the point of suicide it's like somebody that goes on the internet and Bully said 13 or 14-year-old kid with their gossip and and threats it's not good I keep away from trashy people like that

You need to discern between non productive gossip and getting advice from a friend.

All it takes is one woman with too much time on her hands/insecurity, and gossip can bring down a church, workplace, marriage, family, etc.

Ramsey RULES!

100%

You must be a real piece of work if a guy could write a phone book of negative things about you and plenty of employees can't help speaking negatively about you. This a lecture about firing people who complain about their idiot dictatorial manager. It's not gossip that kills the company, it's toxic owners and managers who can't motivate their employees.

And be sure your sin will find you out

Bs. Bosses are always gossiping and playing bs games with ppls time. This is why businesses are doing bad five yrs after this video.😂

Honey you do work for me - wow 😳 I would quit that disrespectful attitude

Would have been nice to see the reaction from the room. Wide-eyed adults looking scared to death....

Hi I J Ramsey so tired of Copy and Past people such small minds

what if it's your boss who gossips?! everyone talks about the employees but there bosses who do this fuckery its sad

I have a co-worker who was trying to make me uncomfortable while I was taking my break by talking about her sex life. She has done it several times. She talks to her boyfriend during work time on her cellphone.she is married.

a Dave Ramsey divided against himself cannot stand. I recommend tequila.

Lol Dave.... but you are gossiping about your employees

Very tacky behavior. Be humble and be discrete

Does speech on hating gossip Proceeds to gossip about a person he fired 😂 Ok sir

Notice how he said “your work is not a place for dissension.” Spoken like a true egomaniacal tyrant.

Still the best lecture I have ever seen!

No, Dave, you buy people’s time and labour. You don’t get to buy their loyalty. You have to WORK to deserve that. You have to merit loyalty. No human with dignity would have their loyalty for sale. You’re just a little bully.

Your definition of gossip is, well, wrong. I've read enough of the gossip you have spread. So you're a hypocrite as well as a gossip.

Honestly this guy shows very bad leadership if he keeps firing people who can help him grow in business

Glad he's not president

One of these days this guy is going to crash and burn Mr perfect Mr I know how to run my company Mr fair Mr religious the Almighty for and it will come a time where this guy is going to fall hard! It’s my company I can do what I want and I can see where I want and I can fire who I want and I can make you believe in God or my religious beliefs or I want to hire you. Bring it bring it bring it on just wait it’s just a matter of time that this so-called hillbilly which he is so far from being a hillbilly it’s not even funny but he’s going to crash and burn! His big ass mouth is going to get him in trouble!