The Art of Achieving Organizational Cultural Alignment

Namanhr23 May, 2023Business

Sania was thrilled when she received an offer to work for a prestigious global IT organization after starting her career at a local, less eminent IT company. While this local IT company was not one of the best paymasters, they offered a stable, & caring organization for their employees. But in just 6 months, in this new organization, she experienced an old-boy club and alpha-male culture in direct contrast to the organization?s global cultural guidelines. She found that to succeed, one had to be part of the local inner circle and observed that loyalty to the entrenched group, rather than merit, determined important project assignments. Despite raising the issue with the local HR business partner, who didn?t acknowledge the prevailing culture, Sania left the organization by the eleventh month, disillusioned, & found an opportunity in another IT MNC.