I gave my students in “Leadership across Cultures” the exam question: “Which rules and norms will you break in order to be considered a leader?” This article covers some of the findings and delivers a glimpse of what future employers can expect from ambitious american students
Finn Majlergaard
Dr Finn Majlergaard is the founder and CEO of Gugin. He is leading the global Gugin team when helping companies around the world developing winning corporate cultures.
He is also a serial entrepreneur, professor, author and an award-winning keynote speaker
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