Coffee Break: Breaking the Cycle of Bullying in Healthcare, One Cup at a Time
Sep 16, 2026 · 25 min · 9 segments
Triangulation damages trust, weakens relationships, and prevents healthcare teams from addressing problems directly. In this solo episode, Dr. Renee Thompson explains how triangulation occurs when…
Renee ThompsonHost
All right, what is triangulation? Triangulation is also sometimes referred to as gossip.
I don't say anything to Kim, but Dina knows all about it, okay? In a leadership role, this is an employee coming to you complaining about their coworker without ever saying anything to their coworker.
In order for triangulation to happen, there needs to be three people involved.
The person who's complaining, the person who's listening, who they go to, and the person, chances are, has no idea that there was an issue.
And obviously, this is a big problem, not only in healthcare, but in the universe.
And I want you to be able to walk away with some strategies, some scripts that you can implement immediately that's going to help you decrease triangulation, not completely eliminate, because there are some things that I think are almost impossible to completely eliminate, but we can certainly work on this.
All right, what is triangulation? Triangulation is also sometimes referred to as gossip.
I don't say anything to Kim, but Dina knows all about it, okay? In a leadership role, this is an employee coming to you complaining about their coworker without ever saying anything to their coworker.
In order for triangulation to happen, there needs to be three people involved.
The person who's complaining, the person who's listening, who they go to, and the person, chances are, has no idea that there was an issue.
And obviously, this is a big problem, not only in healthcare, but in the universe.
And I want you to be able to walk away with some strategies, some scripts that you can implement immediately that's going to help you decrease triangulation, not completely eliminate, because there are some things that I think are almost impossible to completely eliminate, but we can certainly work on this.
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