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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Winning Starts With Culture

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Urban Meyer, three-time national champion, former college football coach, and current commentator, for a conversation about what really builds winning teams. We talk about why culture has to be clear enough to see, hear, and feel, how great leaders define standards before they ever hire, and what separates talent acquisition from talent development. Urban shares lessons he learned from Bill Belichick, from competitive spirit and toughness to leadership, intelligence, and adaptability. I also share how accountability, trust, and time shape behavior in business, and why the right culture can bring out the best in people.

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0:00.0

watching the Super Bowl this year, it was interesting. My business partner for years was Warren Moon.

0:06.6

I represented him when I ran Lee Steinberg, the most notable sports agency at its time.

0:12.2

And it was interesting because the two teams that made the Super Bowl weren't expected to be in the

0:18.1

Super Bowl. But to me, as an entrepreneur, as a business owner,

0:23.7

myself, as a business and executive coach, it represented culture. Those two organizations

0:30.1

have built over decades in extraordinary culture that preceded and post-seated their coaches. Two of the best coaches of all time had taken

0:41.0

them to the Super Bowl previously. Obviously, Belichick and Coach Carroll, who I'm sure you admire

0:47.6

in some way or another, their ability to build culture. When I look in the college arena, there's one coach that comes to mind of building culture.

0:57.0

And all the teams that you have led as an assistant and then as a head coach,

1:02.4

culture seems to be a priority.

1:05.9

And today, people don't work for companies anymore.

1:08.3

And I know in this industry, because I'm a participant in

1:11.5

the industry as an investor, and I fly charter when I need to or other people pay for it, it's really

1:18.5

nice. People work for culture today, not for companies. What were some of the secrets that you've learned

1:26.3

as one of the greatest culture builders in our country?

1:30.4

Well, David, I can't wait for everybody to start to hear your story.

1:34.0

Quite honestly, I didn't know much of it.

1:35.6

I grabbed a book, by the way, that I can't wait to read.

1:38.8

Culture is, it became my primary focus.

1:42.6

The older I'm more mature I got in coach, he'd be quite honest with

1:45.5

you that, you know, I grew up and Lou Holtz hired me at Notre Dame at a young age. I worked for

1:51.2

Woody Hayes and Woody Hayes. I didn't work for him. He was still alive when I was at Ohio State in

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