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How to Respond to Passive Aggressive Emails
06 years
by signewhitson
in Uncategorized
A few months ago, Business Insider reporter, Rachel Premack, asked me to provide tips for how to respond to commonly used passive-aggressive phrases used in workplace emails. While the phrases she sites, from a survey done by Adobe, can sometimes be typed without passive-aggressive intent, it is helpful to be aware of certain red-flag phrases that may signal hidden agendas, simmering resentments, and sugarcoated hostility.
Please check out my full response, posted here on Psychology Today.
Strategies for Managing Passive Aggressive Behavior in the Workplace
011 years
This week, INC Magazine online published a nice feature article about passive aggressive behavior at work, featuring several strategies from my first book (co-written with Drs. Nicholas & Jody Long) The Angry Smile: The Psychology of Passive Aggressive Behavior in Families, Schools and Workplaces, Check it out here:
http://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/5-tips-for-dealing-with-passive-aggression-at-work.html
Win a FREE Copy of The Angry Smile!
38713 years
by signewhitson
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Hello all–
I’ve got a busy Fall planned, with several training workshops featuring The Angry Smile. Although I’ve got a good number of stories about sugarcoated hostility, excessive civility, defiant compliance, and plain old passive aggressive behavior to share, I am always looking for fresh, new examples. If you have a good example of passive aggressive behavior from a friend, family member, co-worker, parent, child, mother-in-law (those are the best!), boss, on Facebook, via e-mail, on a post-it note, or all of the above, I would love to hear it!
Please e-mail me your story to Signe@SigneWhitson.com or better yet, leave it here via the Comments section. Be sure to leave me your e-mail address; I will be sending a free copy of The Angry Smile: The Psychology of Passive Aggressive Behavior in Families, Schools, and Workplaces, 2nd ed. to the best example I receive.
Spread the word. It’ll be great for my collection of real-life examples of passive aggressive behavior and probably worth several laughs for you as well, as you hear about the hilarious lengths some people go to avoid expressing their anger directly and assertively.
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Passive Aggressive E-Mail at Work
42413 years
Hilarious YouTube clip on passive aggressive e-mail exchanges between co-workers. I use this in all of my Angry Smile workshops. It’s funny because IT’S SO TRUE!