The open space sometimes looks like a playground.
Particularly when some of our colleagues spend their coffee break gossiping in more or less whispers, behind the backs of their office neighbors.
These informal moments, away from prying ears, where the latest information about one or the other is shared - a file submitted late, a heated exchange in a meeting, a character trait considered unpleasant, etc. - are also those where resentments and enmities are forged.
And from which it often seems very difficult to protect yourself.
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In an ideal world, we would like to not care what others think of us.
“Only, criticism activates areas of the brain directly involved in the cognitive control of unpleasant emotions,” says Christophe Haag, HDR Professor at EM Lyon Business School and author of
Emotional Contagion
(1).
Backbiting can generate frustration, anger, or even amplify the fear of judgment.
The research has…
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