{"id":2889,"date":"2012-07-24T20:52:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T00:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2012-07-30T00:13:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T04:13:53","slug":"dear-office-politics-the-game-everyone-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/dear-office-politics-the-game-everyone-plays\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Office Politics: the game everyone plays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About “Dear Office-Politics”<\/h3>\n

\"AxiomDear Office-Politics<\/strong> is the award-winning<\/a> dilemma-based social game that teaches you how to play (and laugh at) office politics. In March 2010, it won a bronze Axiom Business Book Award<\/a> in HR\/Training.<\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics<\/a> lets YOU be an Office Politics Adviser and offer your best, sage advice. And then it turns the tables, and puts you into the role of Advice-seeker! How does the advice measure up? Well, the Advice-seeker each round is the ultimate judge, but you can also peek at the back of the book to see how the real Office-Politics Advisers answered.<\/p>\n

Each ethical dilemma is based on an actual letter that was submitted to OfficePolitics.com since it was founded in 2002.<\/p>\n

Order from Amazon.com: $34.99<\/a><\/strong> (Amazon may discount)<\/em>
\nFor Bulk copies discount please email: ceo@officepolitics.com <\/strong>
\nSize: 6.75 x 10.5 Pages: 144 full color\n<\/div>\n

“Everyone loves the book and they are all ‘Playing the Game’.”<\/h2>\n

John T. Scott, Corporate Director, Training,<\/em> Emerson<\/a><\/p>\n

Look inside the book<\/a><\/h3>\n

View the interior spreads<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/p>\n

Read what people are saying about “Dear Office-Politics”<\/h3>\n

Reviews, Interview and Axiom Award<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJames\u2019s splashy sense of humor and style catapults this book from the field of humdrum human resources exercises to an entertaining discussion of the pantheon of office types… Winner of an Axiom Business Book Award for 2010, Dear Office-Politics is recommended for team-building meetings, as well as for pleasure reading.” ForeWord Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Inventor and the Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics was invented by author and site founder, Franke James<\/a><\/strong>. It features replies by Office Politics Advisers: Erika Andersen, Rick Brandon, Ph.D., Dr. John Burton LL.B. M.B.A. M.Div. Ph.D., John A. Challenger, Jennifer Glueck Bezoza, Franke James, Timothy Johnson,<\/strong> and Marty Seldman, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Franke<\/a> is an author, artist and speaker on social change and the environment. She is the author of Bothered By My Green Conscience<\/a>, an award-winning graphic novel about her journey to go green. Franke is co-founder of The James Gang Art & Design and Nerdheaven Ltd., with over 20 years experience as a creative design professional. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria, and a BFA from Mount Allison University.<\/p>\n

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\"Inside<\/a><\/p>\n

Benefits of the Dear Office-Politics Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team Building:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics builds trust through better understanding.<\/p>\n

Enhancing Communication:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics gets people telling stories.<\/p>\n

Exercises Ethical Muscles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics lets people exercise their ethical muscles by role-playing ethical decisions.<\/p>\n

Appreciating Roles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics gets people talking about roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n

Raise Awareness:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics raises awareness of the other person’s feelings.<\/p>\n

Understanding Culture and Fit:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics gets people thinking about culture and the importance of fitting in.<\/p>\n

Order from Amazon.com: $34.99<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Amazon may discount the book.)<\/em><\/p>\n

For bulk copies discount<\/strong> please email [ceo AT officepolitics.com]<\/p>\n

Size: 6.75 x 10.5 Pages: 144 full color<\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics and The Office-Politics\u00ae Game were invented by Franke James, MFA<\/a><\/p>\n

Office-Politics\u00ae is a registered trademark of Nerdheaven Ltd.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2000-2012, Nerdheaven Ltd. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Photo:<\/a><\/div>\n

About “Dear Office-Politics”<\/h3>\n

\"AxiomDear Office-Politics<\/strong> is the award-winning<\/a> dilemma-based social game that teaches you how to play (and laugh at) office politics. In March 2010, it won a bronze Axiom Business Book Award<\/a> in HR\/Training.<\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics<\/a> lets YOU be an Office Politics Adviser and offer your best, sage advice. And then it turns the tables, and puts you into the role of Advice-seeker! How does the advice measure up? Well, the Advice-seeker each round is the ultimate judge, but you can also peek at the back of the book to see how the real Office-Politics Advisers answered.<\/p>\n

Each ethical dilemma is based on an actual letter that was submitted to OfficePolitics.com since it was founded in 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,665,439],"class_list":["post-2889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office-politics","tag-franke-james","tag-office-politics","tag-the-office-politics-game"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2889"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2913,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889\/revisions\/2913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}