In this episode, we highlight Dr. Alexis Davis’s article From the Ground Up: How Leaders Can Build an Organization That Pays Attention to the Details, featured in the Insights Digest on The47BasicRulesofLeadership.com. Dr. Davis explores what it truly takes to cultivate a detail-oriented culture, starting with how leaders treat their people. She emphasizes that expecting excellence from employees who are overworked, underpaid, and unacknowledged is unrealistic. Instead, Dr. Davis outlines how leaders can rebuild from the root by conducting honest culture audits, ensuring fair compensation, managing capacity, and recognizing contributions. She stresses that when leaders model high standards and protect the culture they create, excellence follows naturally. The piece is a reminder that organizations do not become detail-driven by chance. They become that way by design, and it starts with how they care for their people.