Why Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch — Every Time

If there’s one truth I’ve learned in my years of leading teams and working alongside hundreds of local business owners, it’s this: culture eats strategy for lunch every time. That quote – made famous by business icon Peter Drucker – was echoed loud and clear at the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting last week at The Ritz-Carlton, where our keynote speaker, Jim Knight, challenged us to think deeply about what kind of cultures we’re building inside our organizations.

Jim, a former executive with Hard Rock International and author of "Culture That Rocks," reminded us that great strategy without great culture is like a song without a rhythm – it just doesn’t move people. You can have the most sophisticated business plan, the

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