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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How to Build a Culture

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this weeks ‘Friday Training’ episode, I shared why culture, not charisma or short-term wins is the foundation of any great organization. When companies shift from being founder-centric to culture-centric, they build something that can weather change, inspire people, and last well beyond any one leader. We discussed the three pillars of lasting culture: a clear purpose, empowered people, and systems that support shared values. Real impact comes when culture is lived every day, not just posted on a wall. If you want your business to thrive long-term, focus on the habits, beliefs, and structures that will stand the test of time. To join my next free Friday Training sessions, email me at [email protected]

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0:00.0

We have a culture. And coming off of the Masters, I thought about the Masters as a culture and

0:07.1

what a powerful culture. The Masters is, the golf tournament called the Masters in Augusta, Georgia.

0:13.4

A culture, could you imagine any other culture? I don't know any other culture that they can get

0:19.5

the highest net wealth individuals to give up their phone

0:23.8

for an entire day. The culture is so powerful. It takes the most wealthy people and they feel good

0:36.9

about giving up their phone for the whole day and they feel better when

0:39.9

they do it. We don't scale by adding more products, people, or pages in the playbook. We scale by

0:48.1

amplifying a culture, a frequency, a neighborhood that thinks decides and improves when you're not in the room.

0:57.0

A healthy culture is an invisible operating system that powers every process, protects every relationship,

1:05.0

and perpetuates your purpose long after your name is off the org chart.

1:10.0

This guide, this exercise, this training will show you how to architect that culture first

1:15.9

to create the foundation, the frequency, the neighborhood.

1:19.1

So every other system, the people, the processes, and the profit not only survives without you,

1:26.9

but thrives, grows, accelerates, and aggregates without you, but thrives, grows,

1:29.2

accelerates, and aggregates without you.

1:31.9

And the first lesson that needs to be put into place

1:35.1

as culture is the capacity,

1:39.2

is the shift in the mindset that must take place.

1:45.1

A founder-centric mindset breeds dependence.

1:49.2

When a narcissist takes over the centralization of emotion and energy and value and time,

1:55.2

all is circulating around one mindset that breeds a dependency upon that one person.

2:03.6

A culture-centric mindset breeds resilience.

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