I just say things as they are – is a phrase we often hear. It reveals that the person saying it has very low cultural and emotional intelligence
Finn Majlergaard
Dr. Finn Majlergaard is a globally recognised French expert in cross-cultural leadership, organisational culture, and global business strategy.
He is the founder and CEO of Gugin, a consulting and training firm specialising in helping organisations leverage cultural diversity to build high-performing corporate cultures.
🎓 Academic and Professional Background
Dr. Majlergaard holds a doctoral degree in cross-cultural leadership from the International School of Management (ISM), with campuses in Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Shanghai.
He also earned an MBA from Henley Business School in the UK.
Before founding Gugin in 2001, he held international positions at IBM, CSC, and Arthur Andersen Business Consulting.
🌍 Global Consultant and Keynote Speaker
He is known for his thought-provoking keynotes on cultural intelligence, global leadership, and AI’s impact on culture. He’s spoken worldwide to inspire leadership transformation.
📚 Author and Entrepreneur
He has authored books and founded ventures such as Educated Singles and DissertationNurse.
🎓 Academic Involvement
He teaches at global institutions including HEC Executive Education in Paris and has worked with over 600 companies worldwide.
Cross-Cultural Team Development in the Southern French Alps
Team development in the southern French Alps is a great way to develop your cultural competence is in your team together with the Gugin experts
Your Comfort Zone is the most dangerous Place to be
Your comfort zone is the most dangerous place to be as a leader because you don’t pay attention to what is happening around you.
5 soft skills a leader should possess to create a strong corporate culture
Soft skills – hard currency.
It is a tough job being a leader today. First of all, you get bombarded with pieces of advice and recommendations about what you should do as a leader, how you should behave and not behave etc. The recommendations are all about the soft skills other people believe you need to have.
Workplace culture – How to embrace Cultural diversity
Learn how important it is to benefit strategically from the cultural diversity in the workplace culture .It also gives you a lot of competitive advantage.
Time management – a cultural dilemma on time management
Time management is important, but we all have different relationship with time depending on our cultural preferences. Here is how to breach the gaps.
Be Global in anything you do everywhere in the world
Be global in anything you do everywhere you do it. Opportunities are local.. competition is global so you need to have a global mindset as well
Post-merger integration – top 3 reasons why it usually fails
Post-merger integration is an often forgotten process but it is crucial when you want organisations to succeed with a merger or a acquisition
What is most important when hiring – Cultural fit or Skills?
What is most important when hiring people – Cultural fit or skills? Learn why cultural fit is the more important than skills when recruiting people
Cultural Intelligence, what is it and how do you develop it?
Cultural intelligence is together with emotional intelligence one of the most powerful leadership tools you can get.
Leadership Training reinvented for future leaders
Gugin has reinvented leadership training will a focus on all the new skills future leaders need to have. AI, emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence.
Airlines and Airports – Future Cultural Challenges
What are the future cultural challenges for airlines and airports . That you can read about in this research report from Gugin research Institute