Chapter 20. Passive-Aggressive Managers
You Can't Make Me
The term passive-aggressive refers to behavior that interferes with someone else's goals without directly opposing them. Negativism and procrastination are the key weapons in the passive-aggressive individual's arsenal. No matter how good your plan of action is, they will find reasons to be negative about it. Once a decision has been made to follow a course of action they will drag their feet no matter how clearly you convey the urgency of the situation. The more you push, the more they dig their heels in.
If you find someone infuriating and you do not know why, there is a good chance that he or she is being passive-aggressive. They engender a great deal of frustration and anger in ...
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