E76: The Truth About Culture: Why Most Leaders Get It Wrong

🔥 What if culture isn’t what you say—it’s what you tolerate?

🎙️ Culture isn’t just a corporate buzzword—it’s the invisible force shaping every decision, every interaction, and every outcome in your organization. It’s not just about values on a wall or feel-good mission statements—it’s about what actually happens in the day-to-day.

In this episode, we’re breaking down what culture really is, why most leaders fail at creating it, and how it determines success or failure. Whether you’re leading a business, a team, or even just yourself, understanding culture is the key to lasting impact, high performance, and alignment between vision and reality.

We explore:
✅ What is culture, really? (Beyond the feel-good definitions)
✅ How leaders unconsciously create toxic environments (even with good intentions)
✅ The difference between culture and strategy—and why getting it wrong leads to disaster
✅ How to measure and improve culture in your business or team
✅ What happens when a company’s values don’t match its actions?
✅ How vision should attract & repel the right people
✅ The impact of culture on leadership, business growth, and team success

🚀 If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or someone who just wants to understand how culture shapes everything—this episode is for you.

🧠 Reflection Questions:

1. What’s one unspoken rule in your workplace or community that defines its culture?

2. Does your organization’s stated culture align with how people actually experience it?

3. Are you building a culture that attracts the right people—or repels them?

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