Workplace Politics – Lies, Lies, Lies

In honor of Super Tuesday the trusted advisors at First Place Employer Services voted to cover an unfortunate truth in the workplace. Lies. This time of year, America talks about the lies and the mudslinging over the dinner table or at the water cooler. What we do not publicly talk about often enough is how to handle and confront lying in the workplace. Your first instinct might be to ignore a lie about you, but as it swells to a crescendo, you might want to rethink your strategy. In the workplace, this is especially important, because a lie can rapidly contaminate the environment.

An article published on Courant.com takes a truthful look deeper into this issue. The article titled, "Don't Ignore Lies In The Workplace; Confront Them" suggests what to do with lies that sprout up like fast growing weeds in the workplace. Psychologist David Gruder offers containment tools below:

Escalating Steps to Confront Lying in the Workplace

• "Talk to that person privately, or with a neutral third party, where he doesn't have to put on a face for the public."


• "Identify key people in the system to tell that a lie is circulating. Ask these key influencers for advice about how to respond."


• "Organize an intervention if the previous methods prove ineffective."


• "Gather people who understand what the truth really is to collaborate on a procedure for publicly confronting the liar" — but only if you're desperate, because of the humiliation it causes. This could mean a note in a personnel file.

Read more of the article here: href="http://www.courant.com/business/hc-mildred0204.artfeb04,0,1785619.story">

The HR pros at First Place Employer Services tackle workplace challenges head on utilizing a team approach with our client as Captain. If you are an employer, we encourage you to take a look around and take note of behaviors which allow some people to be rewarded for behavior unrelated to doing a good job.

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