Knowing whether a culture / management team can be influenced is a skill of it's own.
I'd think that high performers would develop that skill fairly quickly. If they're job hoping they'll learn to sniff out the signals.
For example: if they say they encourage change for the better, but continually overload those who may be able to influence the changes with day to day work, then those managers / that culture will be resistant / allergic to influence.
If Sprint X is dedicated to learning and improvement but always seems to be full of last minute bug fixes, testing, overflow work, then even if influence is on their menu, they ain't got the ingredients to cook it up.
I'd think that high performers would develop that skill fairly quickly. If they're job hoping they'll learn to sniff out the signals.
For example: if they say they encourage change for the better, but continually overload those who may be able to influence the changes with day to day work, then those managers / that culture will be resistant / allergic to influence.
If Sprint X is dedicated to learning and improvement but always seems to be full of last minute bug fixes, testing, overflow work, then even if influence is on their menu, they ain't got the ingredients to cook it up.