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Dear Office-Politics: Interior Spreads

The game was invented by author and site founder, Franke James. Dear Office-Politics 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, and Marty Seldman, Ph.D.

Game book structure & sample interior layouts

The book is divided into three parts. I. The Game Rules. II. The Dilemmas. III. The Answers.

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Pages VI, VII: Title page

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Pages 4 & 5: Dear Office-Politics Game rules and Evaluation Grid

(A quadrant of ethical questions help players decide whether the advice is ethical, savvy and doable.)

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Pages 6 & 7: The Dilemmas

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Pages 8 & 9: How do I put an “office princess” in her place?

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Pages 10 & 11: The new guy I hired is hated

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Pages 14 & 15: No longer the star in my boss’s eyes

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Pages 16 & 17: How do I get my loudmouth coworkers to be quiet?

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Pages 22 & 23: Gasping for air

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Pages 24 & 25: The office crab criticizes everyone

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Pages 26 & 27: Stressed by coworkers’ personalities

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Pages 80 & 81: The Answers

(There are many answers for any dilemma.

The players can read the “official answers” or ignore them.)

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Pages 82 & 83: Replies by Office-Politics Advisers

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Pages 104 & 105: Replies by Office-Politics Advisers

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Benefits of the Dear Office-Politics Game

Team Building:

Dear Office-Politics builds trust through better understanding.

Enhancing Communication:

Dear Office-Politics gets people telling stories.

Exercises Ethical Muscles:

Dear Office-Politics lets people exercise their ethical muscles by role-playing ethical decisions.

Appreciating Roles:

Dear Office-Politics gets people talking about roles and responsibilities.

Raise Awareness:

Dear Office-Politics raises awareness of the other person’s feelings.

Understanding Culture and Fit:

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Size: 6.75 x 10.5 Pages: 144 full color

About the Author

Franke James is the inventor of the Dear Office-Politics Game and Editor & Founder of Office-Politics.com. Franke is an author, artist and speaker on social change and the environment. She is the author of Bothered By My Green Conscience, an illustrated autobiography of 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.

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The Office-Politics Letters that appears as a feature of this Website are an educational and discussion oriented column designed to help the reader better understand ethical issues. The matters discussed in the letter are reviewed in a summary and abbreviated way and are only meant to foster thinking on the part of the reader. If a person decides to adopt or implement suggestions, they do so at their own risk. No representation or warranty is provided in relation to suggestions or the contents of the advice letter. Neither the authors of the advice letter, Franke James, John W. Burton, Rick Brandon, Marty Seldman, Timothy Johnson, Jennifer Glueck Bezoza, Gregory Ketchum, Erika Andersen, past advisers, guest advisers or the owners of this Website accept any liability whatsoever for any opinions expressed in the letter or for errors and omissions. All submissions to www.officepolitics.com will remain anonymous. No email addresses or identifying names will be published. Submission of letters to the Office-Politics Forum grants the Publisher, Nerdheaven Ltd. the right to reproduce, republish, repurpose and excerpt the submission in any and all other media, without compensation or contacting the author. Copyright Nerdheaven Ltd. 2002-2015.

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