Supervision: Managing for the Grapevine

There are two channels of information in the workplace: the formal and the informal. The informal channel, or the grapevine, often consists of rumors, gossip and half truths. Our Managing the Grapevine course examines ways in which you can manage the grapevine within your workplace. We discuss the ways that information is typically shared and how you can, and should, get in front of important information that could leak out. After all, you can’t stop the grapevine, but you can learn from it and put it to use.

Part of our Supervision series, the Managing the Grapevine course consists of a brief video, followed by a short multiple choice quiz that will test your comprehension of the material. For easy reference, we’ve also included a downloadable document summarizing key points from the video.