Laurent and BEnon Management Consultants Ltd- Office Grapevine

July 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Grapevine means informal transmission of information, gossip, or rumor from person to person. Grapevine has its own advantage and disadvantage which has to be handled very carefully as things can haywire which can lead to employee conflict, harder and difficult to diagnose.


Making the Grapevine Work for You


--- Take everything you hear with a grain of salt

Before you act on something you hear, confirm that it's true. A lot of what comes down the pike is downright false. And then there's the "telephone effect." Remember the children's game, telephone? You whisper something to the person next to you and then he or she whispers what he or she thinks you said to the next person, and so on. Then the last person in the chain says it aloud. The first person in the chain then repeats the original

sentence which of course is quite different.


--- Contribute at your own risk

Keep in mind the previous point that your words may get mangled. Be very carefully about telling even a trusted coworker anything that you wouldn't want everyone to know. You may be great at keeping a secret but not everyone is so virtuous.


--- Use the grapevine to your advantage

If you had a great success at work or worked hard on a project, this is information you want to share. You never know who it'll reach. If someone has done something to irk you, you might consider mentioning this to someone who's likely to share it. Of course it's important to be straightforward and you shouldn't have to be under handed when it comes to letting someone know how you feel. However, being direct isn't always the best approach.

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Laurent and Benon Management Consultants Ltd is a professionally managed HR services firm established in 2005. Laurent and Benon registered at New Delhi operates nationally through its regional offices at Gurgaon, Mumbai & Bangalore besides state level locations at Noida, Goa, Indore & Ahmedabad.

Laurent and Benon services its clients in Financial services, Media, Publication, FMCD, FMCG, Telecom, Automobile, Retail, Airline and Tourism sectors.

Laurent and Benon Management Consultants Ltd. provides specialized staffing solutions to retail, fast moving consumer goods, telecom, financial services, and technology industries. Laurent and Benon provides recruitment services; outsourced staffing services, including managing the pay-roll, compliance, monthly audit and MIS.