I dried myself in the sun, and dressed slowly, reluctant to leave that green enclosure where the sunlight flickered so bright
through the grapevine leaves and the woodpecker hammered away in the crooked elm that trailed out over the water.
Opinion leaders devour formal communication (see "Unveiling Grapevine Conversations," page 25), making them ideal partners for transforming workplace conversations
through the grapevine.
"Sometimes the best information comes
through the grapevine. You just have to manage grapevine issues in a responsible way."
Keep your ear open to the grapevine, and when the facts aren't right, send correct facts back through the grapevine. Since everyone will say you better pay attention to organizational politics, but it's hard to get them to say exactly what it is, I asked several physician executives the following questions:
Much of the work gets done through the functional organization, through the grapevine, through the coffee klatches, the groups that eat together.
I was becoming increasingly aware through the grapevine of small groups that were focused in their intent to shoot down our 100-year celebration.
You also stand the chance of running into the same fate as Marvin Gaye in his famous song "I Heard it
Through the Grapevine -- you'll lose your lover [employees] to another.
* Correct any misunderstanding by putting the facts back
through the grapevine.