Can you repharse this? I can relate to the several techniques mentioned in your post as my job these techniques and others which are mainly related to conflict resolution, communication improvement and team building. We are big on reporting issues to HR as the company will formerly address and resolve these issues. We have had employees who was disruptive for a while without the issue being addressed and this resulted in a cut in production as employees was focused on these behaviors. It is good practice to address such issues as they arise