Dear Randy And Alana: Workplace Gossip

Today's Dear Randy and Alana comes from a woman who is concerned about the gossip at her workplace. 

Dear Randy and Alana, 

In need of some advice.  I am a manager of 15 employees.  They are hard-working and mostly female.  I am dealing with them gossiping and creating cliques at work. I have one male and one older woman who always seem to be the outcasts in the group.  I am not sure how my younger employees, and when I say younger, they are in their 20s, want to be managed or what type of environment I can create to make gossiping a thing of the past.

Diane

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