SOPHIE THEEN, award-winning people management expert and author of the upcoming book, THE SOUL OF STARTUPS: The Untold Stories of How Founders Affect Culture[Wiley | August 2, 2022], joins us on today's cast! If you are looking for an excellent resource for company founders, entrepreneurs, managers, and executives, you have found the right place! Sophie discusses how a company's culture is a top-down necessity and why it's vital for founders to create a workplace where employees can thrive and nurture their emotional maturity. There's a common misconception that a company's people make its culture. In reality, startup culture begins and trickles down from the top of a company's founder. That founder's personality, including their emotional maturity, can lift or destroy their organization's culture. So, how can founders identify whether their personalities positively impact their culture and make changes if not? Listen up here!