When you are trying to influence others in the workplace, there’s not a one-size-fits-all formula for what to say or do. All Things Workplace had a great post about the role of organizational culture. That was a buzz word in the 80’s and 90’s, but most of the writing from that time was about how managers could create better organizational cultures. Since then, researchers have considered that cultures may be more complex that a simple variable in an organization that one person can change. Cultures tend to be grassroots, which means that a managers cannot necessarily make sweeping changes and expect the culture to change overnight. What I really appreciate about the All Things Workplace post is that, it doesn’t talk about how to change an organization’s culture. Instead, the post describes how to understand the culture that you’re in and make it work for you. Whatever you’re trying to communicate, you have to understand the context in which you are working.
Filed under: Organizational Culture | Tagged: Influencing Others at Work, Influencing Your Boss, Organizational Culture, Upward Influence
