Defeated and the Center of Workplace Gossip | That’s a Good Question

It is hard not to disconnect or hide your frustration when your co-worker lands the promotion you’ve been working towards — especially when you receive rave performance reviews and have gone above and beyond for years. As if that isn’t hard enough, what happens when the team notices and all of a sudden you are the center of gossip? Our listener featured in this episode of That’s a Good Question is managing emotions of defeat and disappointment, along with feeling unsupported as the team outcast. Through active problem solving, practical advice and shared experiences, we will offer communication and advocacy strategies to help our listener repair workplace relationships and better navigate the complexities of team dynamics and a toxic culture.   Guest Expert: Roxanne Bisby Davis Roxanne Bisby Davis is an executive, researcher, and storyteller at Cisco. She has spent her career connecting data to the actions and decisions that impact people. Roxanne is currently the head of People Research and Intelligence, the data and research engine behind all the people stuff at Cisco. This organization aims to reveal the answers to some of the most challenging questions about work. How can we measure the experience at work reliably? Of the things that we can measure, which matter most? And how can we take what matters most and embed it into our people practices and systems?   Celeste Headlee Celeste Headlee is a communication and human nature expert, and an award-winning journalist. She is a professional speaker, and also the author of Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It, Do Nothing, Heard Mentality, and We Need to Talk. In her twenty-year career in public radio, she has been the executive producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio, and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as cohost of the national morning news show The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Headlee’s TEDx talk sharing ten ways to have a better conversation has over twenty million total views to date. @CelesteHeadlee   Additional Resources: * Do you have a problem? We want to help you solve it! Tell us about your challenge here and you could be a featured guest on an upcoming “That’s A Good Question” episode! * Sign up for the Women Amplified email list to receive a notification every time a new episode drops to receive a notification every time a new episode drops. * Get free shipping on books by our guests when you shop our podcast page at independent partner bookstore BookPeople More from Women Amplified * Get your ticket for an in-person or virtual event this fall. Registration is now open for the PA, TX, and MA Conferences for Women. Featuring both a virtual AND a hybrid in-person/virtual ticket option, you’re in for a treat as we put together speaker lineups you won’t find anywhere else. Early bird pricing ends in early July. * October 6 & 7: