# #60: Culture Collision: Why Your "How" Is Undermining Your "What" Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpwr-podcast-become-the-leader-you-want-to-follow-7308599/60-culture-collision-why-your-how-is-undermining-your-what Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpwr-podcast-become-the-leader-you-want-to-follow-7308599/60-culture-collision-why-your-how-is-undermining-your-what.md Podcast: [MPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpwr-podcast-become-the-leader-you-want-to-follow-7308599) Published: 2026-05-25T09:03:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mpwrcoaching.com Audio file: https://s.gum.fm/s-6a0b524c6072e83f0c524069/rss.art19.com/episodes/b8a8033f-c8eb-4a77-82be-4aa35c8a3e5f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mpwr-podcast-become-the-leader-you-want-to-follow-7308599/episodes/60-culture-collision-why-your-how-is-undermining-your-what Duration seconds: 3494 ## Resource Your team isn't broken. Your strategy isn't the problem. And neither are you. The real culprit? A gap most leaders never even know exists. In this episode of the MPWR Podcast, hosts Eric Pfeiffer and Dawn Neldon bring the best of their recent live webinar straight to your ears — a raw, insightful breakdown of why so many high-performing leaders still feel stuck, burned out, and like something is fundamentally missing. The answer comes down to one word: culture. Not the values poster. Not the team offsite. As Eric puts it: p]:text-[17px] [&>p]:font-medium [&>p]:leading-6 [&>p]:text-slate-900" data-sentry-component="Blockquote" data-sentry-source-file= "agent-markdown.tsx"> "Culture is the prevailing attitudes and behaviors that we show up with to do the what — the things we're trying to accomplish." And when those attitudes and behaviors go undefined? You get what Eric and Dawn call a culture collision — a silent, costly clash between team members each operating from their own unspoken rulebook. Here's the hard truth most conferences, books, and coaches won't tell you: you can throw money at consultants and still never move the needle — because they're treating symptoms, not the source. The real shift happens when you can finally see what's been invisible all along. p]:text-[17px] [&>p]:font-medium [&>p]:leading-6 [&>p]:text-slate-900" data-sentry-component="Blockquote" data-sentry-source-file= "agent-markdown.tsx"> "The how undermines the what all day long." Eric and Dawn walk you through the power of diagnosis — why naming the root of your culture problems changes everything, even before a single thing is fixed. They also dig into the generational shift reshaping the workforce right now, and why culture is no longer opti… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mpwr-podcast-become-the-leader-you-want-to-follow-7308599/episodes/60-culture-collision-why-your-how-is-undermining-your-what/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpwr-podcast-become-the-leader-you-want-to-follow-7308599/60-culture-collision-why-your-how-is-undermining-your-what.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.