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Keeping it real: Mita's experience with the boss who loves gossiping

Keeping it real: Mita's experience with the boss who loves gossiping

From the course: More Leadership Lessons from Bad Bosses

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Keeping it real: Mita's experience with the boss who loves gossiping

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This might surprise you, I've been the boss who gossips indiscreetly. I'm not proud of it, but that was me. Trust me, you're gonna wanna hear this because this tea is piping hot. I remember I took a day off to meet my girlfriends for lunch in New York City. It was epic. We were celebrating a big birthday, and of course, yeah, we had some afternoon cocktails. So on my way back to take the subway, I happen to pass by one of our biggest competitors' offices. I look up and I see our chief marketing officer shaking hands with someone in the lobby. She was wearing a suit, had a branded bag of products with her. Of course, I stopped to watch the whole interaction. How could I not? Luckily, she didn't see me. I couldn't believe it. Obviously, she was interviewing, right? Why else would she be there wearing a suit in the competitor's lobby with a bag full of products? I had heard she was unhappy. Now I had proof. I had seen it with my own eyes. I shouldn't have said a word. But the next…

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