Build Better Leaders, Build Better Businesses: Leadership-Driven Culture Is the New Competitive Advantage

 

Organizations today are moving through a time of relentless change — new technologies, shifting employee expectations, and a redefined sense of purpose at work. Against that backdrop, the conversation around company culture has never been more critical. At HRSouthwest Conference 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas, leaders came together to explore a central question: how can culture move beyond HR programs to become a true driver of business success? The moment calls for more than policy or intention — it demands a rethinking of how culture is built, lived, and led.

What happens when leaders stop treating culture as a department function and start owning it as a strategic mandate?

That question took center stage in an insightful conversation between Daniel Litwin, the Voice of B2B at MarketScale, and Scott Burgmeyer, Founder and CEO of BecomeMore Group. Their discussion explored how true culture transformation starts — and often stalls — with leadership behavior. Together, they examined how executives can connect culture to business outcomes, the risks of relegating it solely to HR, and the practical ways leaders can embed accountability throughout the organization.

The main topics of discussion…

  • Why culture is not an HR initiative, but a leadership imperative.

  • How leaders can operationalize cultural values through systems and daily behaviors.

  • The measurable business impacts of leader-driven culture transformation.

Scott Burgmeyer is an accomplished organizational development and performance excellence leader with more than two decades of experience spanning manufacturing, HR, and business transformation. As Founder and CEO of BecomeMore Group and Creative Solutions, he specializes in culture design, talent optimization, Lean Six Sigma, and the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework to drive measurable results. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at Businessolver and AgState, served as CEO of the Iowa Quality Center, and taught graduate-level courses in healthcare and business administration, blending academic insight with practical leadership expertise.

Article written by MarketScale.

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