KEY #9

Contribute by Leveraging Your Organization’s Culture and Managing Conflict

Key #9 first shows you how you can leverage the organization’s culture to do your job well and make other valued contributions, even if you are a culture misfit. This is followed by a discussion of how to manage conflict in order to do what is right.1

Leverage Your Organization’s Culture

Your job performance and other contributions can improve if you (1) remain attuned to the organization’s culture and your fit with it, (2) operate in a manner that is culturally acceptable, and (3) acquire the necessary cultural skills.

Remain Attuned to the Organization’s Culture ...

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