I think you nail it on this issue of culture change.  The next article, however, is how to go about making the change. Yup - gotta give it priority and time, but what are the steps to begin making that change? The reality, as Mark Twain so eloquently put it, is that "no one likes change except a wet baby."  Yet, there is not growth without change.  So how does the leader go about changing their culture?

I also think its important to note that changing a culture looks similar but vastly different in different contexts. For instance, in my context which is the local church, there are few employees (we've got 4 FT pastors, 1 PT pastor, 2 PT secretaries, 1 PT Office Mgr, and some maintenance guys). The rest are all volunteers.  Elders, Trustees, youth workers, childrens' workers, Sunday School teachers, greeters, parking lot guys, etc.  All volunteering their time.  Then there are the people who sit in the pew each week. Many are there because they were drawn by the particular culture of the church. Start changing that culture and things gets really messy and complicated. People don't have to stay. There's no paycheck to keep them there.  Or, they grew up here and changing the culture is akin to re-writing the Bible to them.  Some of the same issues but still very different.

I think step one for the leader in changing culture is to remember what John Maxwell has stated a million times: "Leadership is influence."  And influence happens one person at a time by spending time.

I think it'd be fun to start a conversation on what the "next steps" are in changing culture.