Office Politicos: A Field Guide

by Kelly Pate Dwyer

Tags: professional development, career, workplace, Team, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Kelly Pate Dwyer, Microsoft Office, BNET Feature

Every workplace has its share of good guys and bad, solo artists and team players. To get ahead — or even just survive — you need to know them all: the good eggs who can become your allies, and the bad apples to avoid (or occasionally placate). Here’s a handy guide to the 10 most common types of office politicians, with tips on how to manage them.

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fiedlerc

08/04/07 | Report as spam

OP field guide

short and sweet, that's all i have to say. this is a great example, visual as well as lexical, to use in class. Thanks for making it available for us all.
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agundlac@...

10/25/07 | Report as spam

RE: Office Politicos: A Field Guide

All caricatures appear extreme until you meet one head on. Useful guidance -- ignore at your own peril.
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r.a.stewart@...

01/25/08 | Report as spam

RE: Office Politicos: A Field Guide

Entertaining behavior classification - it would be good to know the background research and how it fits / overlaps with other people classification's
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valerie.crimi@...

08/04/08 | Report as spam

RE: Office Politicos: A Field Guide

Anyone know how one could contact the author to get approval to reprint for use in a college class presentation.