Food for Thoughts from Gugin
Read all our blog postsThe Gugin blog posts on how you can create a better, more agile and more competitive corporate culture are all here
I just say things as they are…
"I just say things as they are" is a phrase you might hear quite often. Maybe even without paying attention to it. If you - as we do in Gugin work with leadership development, conflict reconciliation and cultural identities you DO pay attention to phrases like that....
Intercultural Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities
Cross Cultural Management is challenging to most managers. This article outlines 3 of the challenges and suggests how you can deal with them
Future Cultural Challenges for Airlines and Airports
Executive Summary IATA forecasts passenger demand to double over 20 Years with the fastest-growing markets in Asia and Sub-saharan Africa. This is no surprise that the emerging and frontier market economies account for the biggest growth in the near future. This is...
You can’t make a dog happy by wagging its tail
This post is about employee satisfaction. More specifically about why it is so hard to achieve and why we continuously continue to do all the wrong things to increase employee satisfaction. My motivation to write this post comes from many of our clients, who don't...
Competitive advantage – a new way of calculating it
Learn how to calculate the competitive advantage derived from cultural diversity, cultural intelligence and innovation.
#competitiveadvantage #innovation #diversity #leadership
Don’t Compromise – solve Dilemmas a more intelligent way
Politicians use it all the time, Business executives use it, Parents use it too - the word; compromise. We learn to compromise because we are told this is what we have to do when different values or interests collide. And we are proud when we have managed to seek a...
Why leaving Facebook is the right thing to do
Why leaving Facebook is the right thing to do This article is about why I closed my Facebook account 2 months ago and why I feel it is one of the best decisions I have made in a very long time I actually started writing this article before Facebook fell down from the...
Check if your colleagues are cultural intelligent
The not so cultural intelligent colleague - a true story You are a sales representative for a large global software company in the United Kingdom. You consider yourself cultural intelligent as you have worked in many countries around the world in many different...
Corporate culture integration – how is it facilitated successfully?
Corporate culture integration is crucial when merging two organisations. Did you know that 2/3 of all mergers and acquisition fail to meet their original objectives due to cultural clashes? They fail because the organisations involved don't have the expertise nor the...
How to successfully screw up a business meeting
It happens all the time - we screw up a business meeting. We have an important business meeting coming up (first meeting with mother-in-law included) and we need it go well. We are well-prepared. We know all the numbers forward and backwards, we have our sales pitches...
Cultural fit or Skills? What is most important when hiring people?
Cultural fit or skills – what is most important when you hire people? You will probably say both, but which one comes first? Do you start by looking for people who culturally fit into your organisation or do you start by looking for specific skills for a specific job?
The Object Oriented Organisation – The new paradigm in organisation theory
Introduction to the Object Oriented Organisation During the years working with companies around the world, I have paid attention to several organisational dilemmas primarily caused by the globalisation, the global distribution of work and the fact that we directly or...
What are you willing to die for? Think about it and get your priorities right in life
Sometimes you have to stop everything you do and make sure you are on the right train in the right direction. This article tells you what you can do as a self-assessment.
3 Topics all Leaders should have on their Radar Screen in 2020
Leaders are often so tied up with short-term issues that they don’t see the iceberg in front of them. Here are 3 topics that should be on their radar screen.
Why Business Leaders shouldn’t run Countries
We often hear the argument that a country should be run like a business. We hear that politicians are talentless and that they have no knowledge about the real life. The people who are standing on the side shouting this are usually people who are (or claim to be)...
Here is the one thing that resolves most cultural conflicts
Cultural conflicts in the workplace Most times when I do speeches or workshops I ask the audience if they have ever been in cultural conflicts they could have avoided if they had been more cultural intelligent at that time. Mostly 90 - 100% answer yes to that...
Gugins services – How are they developed
This short article is going to deal with one of the questions we are asked very often; "How are Gugins services developed and how do you know where to focus?" To answer the second part of the question first, the answer is easy - we ask our clients. Since 2001...
Book Dr. Finn Majlergaard as Speaker for your next Event or Masterclass
Re-energise your Team with an interactive inspirational speech or a tailored workshop To kick-off an organisational change process To re-energise a culturally diverse team To boost innovation in a culturally diverse team To facilitate feedback on organisational...
The Millennial Generation change the Cultural Patterns
The millennials are between 20 and 35 years old and they haven't lived a life without the internet. They are probably the most progressive, idealistic and tolerant generation the world has seen. Who are they and how are they going to change the world? The reason why I...
Why I always bring a hard case onboard a plane as hand baggage
This is an article about how airlines are pleasing all the wrong passengers I fly a lot. In Gugin we have a number of airlines and airports as clients, where we help them to figure out how to deal with the very diversified behaviour different cultures have...
Cultural challenges in the healthcare industry are blocking innovation and service improvements
The cultural challenges in the healthcare industry have to be addressed I am writing this article because I have received a number of questions and requests for help lately from companies in the healthcare industry about how to deal with cultural challenges in the...
The Nobel peace Prize to Europe – A Warning
I am always looking forward to see who are honored with the Nobel peace prize. Usually the winner of this prestigious award has done a lot to promote peace or fight injustice in a part of the world that deserves international attention - a Nobel peace prize...
Cultural Competences – Sweet or Salty?
Culture beyond the basic concept of folklore is a complex heritage for all human beings. We learn first from our parents, then our family and relatives, and then the environment around us. Culture is transmitted through the process of learning and interacting with...
Managing exceptions :: The key to excellent performance
This article is about managing exceptions and why excellence in this ability makes us stand out as leaders. Many years ago, right after graduating from University I got a job with IBM as a trainee and had to learn to make advanced computer programs in "C" - a widely...
Artificial Intelligence :: How not to destroy your company culture
This article is about how artificial intelligence will affect company cultures. What happens when the hero in the organisation is no longer a senior person but a computer? What happens when your boss tells you that he trust the computer more than he trusts you? What...
Gugins Blog posts
- Intercultural Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities 3. February, 2020Cross Cultural Management is challenging to most managers. This article outlines 3 of the challenges and suggests how you can deal with them The post Intercultural Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Future Cultural Challenges for Airlines and Airports 31. January, 2020The post Future Cultural Challenges for Airlines and Airports appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- You can’t make a dog happy by wagging its tail 20. January, 2020The post You can’t make a dog happy by wagging its tail appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Competitive advantage – a new way of calculating it 16. January, 2020Learn how to calculate the competitive advantage derived from cultural diversity, cultural intelligence and innovation. #competitiveadvantage #innovation #diversity #leadership The post Competitive advantage – a new way of calculating it appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Don’t Compromise – solve Dilemmas a more intelligent way 1. January, 2020The post Don’t Compromise – solve Dilemmas a more intelligent way appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Why leaving Facebook is the right thing to do 30. December, 2019The post Why leaving Facebook is the right thing to do appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Check if your colleagues are cultural intelligent 27. December, 2019The post Check if your colleagues are cultural intelligent appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Corporate culture integration – how is it facilitated successfully? 27. December, 2019The post Corporate culture integration – how is it facilitated successfully? appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- How to successfully screw up a business meeting 11. December, 2019The post How to successfully screw up a business meeting appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Cultural fit or Skills? What is most important when hiring people? 26. November, 2019Cultural fit or skills - what is most important when you hire people? You will probably say both, but which one comes first? Do you start by looking for people who culturally fit into your organisation or do you start by looking for specific skills for a specific job? The post Cultural fit or Skills? […]Finn Majlergaard