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Culture fit persists because it is easy. Clear expectations require effort, discipline, and consistency. But ease is not the same as effectiveness. When organizations rely on vague notions of fit, they trade clarity for comfort and pay the price in disengagement, mistrust, and missed talent.

Gallup research shows that only about three in ten employees believe their opinions count at work, signaling open-door promises aren’t creating the space intended. Open-door policies came from the right place. They were designed to signal care, openness, and trust. But intent without structure no longer works.