Training for a Passive-Aggressive Employee
Passive-aggression is the conduct problem that never quite gives you a clean incident to point to — the sighs, the stonewalling, the quiet undermining. We provide a documented behavioral referral that names and targets those specific patterns.
The Problem You Can’t Quite Write Up
Passive-aggressive conduct is corrosive precisely because it is deniable: missed handoffs framed as accidents, sarcasm framed as jokes, resistance framed as confusion. It wears a team down while staying just below the threshold of a formal write-up. Naming the pattern and addressing it directly is what breaks that cycle.
The program builds self-awareness of the behavior’s impact, direct communication, and accountability — the opposite of the indirect habits at issue.
Direct, and Documented
Delivered one-on-one and documented from enrollment through completion, so a hard-to-formalize problem becomes a concrete, on-the-record corrective step.
Who This Is For
Employers and HR dealing with an employee whose passive-aggressive conduct erodes the team.
Built Around Three Pillars
Because a mandated referral carries real legal weight, every engagement is built around the three things that protect the company.
Liability Protection
A formal, individualized remedial referral is concrete evidence of prompt, good-faith corrective action — the reasonable care that strengthens the employer’s position if the matter is ever challenged.
Progress & Compliance
Same-day enrollment verification, weekly progress reports, and immediate no-show and non-compliance alerts — so you always know whether the employee is meeting the condition you set.
Strict Documentation
Enrollment, participation, progress, a completion certificate, and a lawyer-signed completion letter — a clean, contemporaneous file from referral to completion.
How It Works
Scoping Call
A brief, confidential conversation about the employee and the situation.
Confirm Fit
Written confirmation and a flat per-program quote before anyone enrolls.
One-on-One Sessions
Private, customized sessions by secure telehealth, with weekly reporting.
Documented Completion
Certificate and lawyer-signed completion letter for the file.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you address something this hard to pin down?
Yes — we name the specific patterns (stonewalling, undermining, indirect hostility) and target them directly.
What does it build?
Impact awareness, direct communication, and accountability.
Is it documented?
Yes — enrollment, progress, and completion.
Can it be required?
Yes — a documented condition of continued employment.
Is it confidential?
Yes, one-on-one.
Request a Confidential Call
Tell us a little about the situation and we’ll confirm fit and next steps — usually the same day.
Speak With Us Directly
Confidential, no obligation.
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