How to Build a Performance-Driven, Culture-First Group Practice: Dr. Paul Lund & Misty Wales

Next Level Executive · Jul 30, 2026 · 1h 4m

The late Peter Drucker has a timeless quote that you and I have probably referenced 1,000 times: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

I’ve had enough unique experiences over 25 years to validate the truth in that statement.

It does, however, beg the question: “Is it possible to build a business with a strong culture that also produces successful financial results?”

You’re about to hear the answer…

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CHAPTERS:

5:00 A humble, humorous origin story

14:00 What Orthodontist in their right mind starts a pedo practice – and lives to tell the story?!

24:00 The dynamic around an evolving, homegrown…