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Back to Episodes#108 The Culture You’ve Built Might Be Costing You
Description
You don’t have a strategy problem—you have a culture misalignment. If your team is performing but your soul is tired, today’s recalibration is for you.
You’ve built the systems. You’ve set the vision. On paper, everything works. But inside? You’re bracing. Tired. Quietly wondering if what you’ve created is still aligned.
In this episode, we name what so many high-capacity leaders feel but don’t know how to say: The culture might be costing more than it’s giving.
Whether you're leading a company or shaping a home, culture isn’t just what you do—it’s how it feels. And if your nervous system is constantly on edge, your culture might be too.
Inside this episode:
- Why leadership is more than strategy — it’s a nervous system response
- What to do when what you built starts to feel like a burden
- How over-functioning creates team-wide dissonance (even with good intentions)
- Tiffany Dufu’s leadership shift and what it teaches about identity-aligned culture
- The critical shift that helps rebuild culture without shame or burnout
Today’s Micro-Recalibration:
Where in your culture do you feel a quiet dissonance—something that once energized you but now drains?
Leader Prompt:
Email your team this: “What’s one part of our culture that drains you, and what’s one change you’d love to see?” Invite honesty. Lead with presence.
Because strategy can’t fix what identity hasn’t faced.
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