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38 / MARCH.APRIL.2025 USICERINKS.COM Employees Owners e all know today's companies need to be more nimble, more innovative, and more entrepreneurial, and that this shift begins with employees. Don't we? Yes, we do. By now, so much ink has been spilled on the need for employee engagement and empowerment that our eyes glaze over when (yet another) expert starts in on it. What we don't know is how to effect the culture change that needs to happen—especially when the organization we lead is already set in its lumbering, bureaucratic ways. "The good news is there are some very specific steps you can take that will start the reaction shifts in your culture," says Michael Houlihan, coauthor along with Bonnie Harvey of The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People and the New York Times bestseller The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America's No. 1 Wine Brand. "It won't happen overnight but it will happen. You just have to take the right actions." W D O YOU R T H I N K L I K E 10 Tips for Building an Entrepreneurial Culture That Works The only way to survive today's turbulent marketplace is with the help of engaged and empowered employees. Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey explain how to build an entrepreneurial culture where your employees can truly thrive.