Make sure you are balancing your communication style so that it is not too aggressive or too passive aggressive.
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For example, giving someone the silent treatment (or withholding information you know somebody critically needs) is a passive aggressive behavior.
Think of it as a more passive aggressive version of those violent parent outbursts that were so prevalent a decade ago.
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This resistance can range from fairly subtle, such as avoidance or passive aggressive behavior, all the way to outright defiance, hostility, and sabotage.
The comic pretentiousness baked into the exercise of comparing all culture to the greatest classics is lazy at best, passive aggressive at worst.
It seems that my own musings on the downsides of Facebook how we can be passive aggressive, envious, narcissistic or just breathtakingly boring hit a nerve.
One was Paqu, or "Passive Aggressive Queen of the Universe, " the much-married mother of Blake Lively's character who never met a Southern California trend she didn't embrace.
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There is the fait accompli strategy -- stay under the radar -- and the passive aggressive strategy, acts of terror used to paralyze and so on -- so the bottom line must be balance.
And just to be clear, there is no passive-aggressive, conditional, manipulative nonsense behind my statement.
That said, hearing you are passive-aggressive from 10 different people described 10 different ways becomes hard to ignore.
Recently, I observed a company where passive-aggressive behavior is rapidly becoming embedded into the culture of the organization.
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There were many Tweets that did their best to discredit or dismiss us, though it was mostly passive-aggressive.
Pam may be a sweetie, but she has a history of passive-aggressive insecurity, fear of change, and, well, sneakiness.
Employees dealing with passive-aggressive leaders need to find a way to bring it to the attention of their CEO.
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For any wondering what passive-aggressive behavior looks like, I will try and give some examples that paint a picture.
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Perhaps the people are passive-aggressive and never say anything out loud.
The card actually started trending this week after several online publications picked up on the company's lofty idea of passive-aggressive extortion, and most took it to task.
Change the balance of consequences to discourage passive-aggressive resistance.
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Facebook can also be a mecca for passive-aggressive behavior.
Passive-aggressive behavior in any company is one of the most destructive cancers to a culture that ends up killing both a great company, and the self-esteem of the individuals working there.
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Words from the mouth of a passive-aggressive manager cannot be trusted as they will always tell the CEO what they want to hear, and they will always paint the picture of having everything perfectly under control.
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When a CEO is surrounded by top executives who are passive-aggressive it becomes necessary to set aside the words they are hearing from these people and instead observe their actions and the actions of the people reporting to them.
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"I was a little bit nervous, playing just a bit too passive and not aggressive enough, " he said.
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Have you been penalized for being too passive or too aggressive?
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Still, we found the manual in our tester to be a welcome partner in both aggressive and passive motoring.
The author of the study, Brent Pollina, laments Alaska's "passive economic development approach, " and says the economic development office has not been very aggressive selling the Alaska brand.
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