If You Don’t Define Culture, It Defines You - with Kurt Defenbaugh

If You Don’t Define Culture, It Defines You - with Kurt Defenbaugh

April 28, 2026 · 47 min

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Mike Lyons discusses the importance of defining organizational culture with guest Kurt Defenbaugh.

Send us Fan Mail Mike talks with Kurt Defenbaugh about why culture is not a slogan or a perks program, but the lived DNA of a clinic that either gets designed on purpose or assigned by default. We walk through a concrete method for defining core values, then use those values to hire better, develop staff, align physicians, and build a team that trusts leadership. • culture as alignment rather than happiness • defining core values by identifying real role models and extracting sha...

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Host: Mike Lyons

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