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
Get Cross-Cultural Leadership Development in the Southern French Alps
Develop your team's intercultural competencies in one of Europe's largest nature reserves, Parc National du Mercantour. We can learn so much from nature and we want you to use wild nature as inspiration for your own and your team's development. For many years, Gugin...
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....
Integration of corporate cultures – 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...
Here is why innovation projects often fail
In most surveys covering strategic priorities, innovation usually comes in among the top three priorities. Yet, most innovation projects fail to succeed. In this article, I will explain why that is and what we can do to make innovation more successful. Why is...
How a bank discovered that banking wasn’t its core competence
This article is about what can happen when you look at your company's culture and core competencies with an open mind. It is also about having the courage as a leader to make drastic decisions in order to leverage your company's culture in the very best way. A...
How working from home may damage your company culture
This article is about how working from home can damage your corporate culture. The money saved on sending people home because of COVID19 can easily be lost due to lover employee - and customer satisfaction. Read on The Excitement Many office workers around the world...
Fear as a Management tool? – Take the Survey
How often do you use fear to motivate? In the Gugin Research Team, we are about to start researching on how, when and why we as managers use fear as a management tool. Our preliminary research shows that some use it often, others never but almost everyone we have...
How much cultural Intelligence do you have?
Look carefully at the image above. What do you pay attention to first, the different colours or the similar shapes? If you see the different colours first it means that you have a preference for looking for differences before you see similarities. If, however, you see...
When Innovation dies it is too late to change
Becoming innovative is difficult – staying innovative is harder – and when it fades it is almost always too late to change the culture
5 Best things you can do for your multicultural team
Making everyone happy and motivated is difficult. If the group is very diverse it might seem almost impossible – but it is not – read on
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...
Can you do too much for your employees?
We raise the question because we did a large survey for a client last month that gave some surprising results - results that will require some further research - for sure, but we will disclose the conclusions with you in this article. We have anonymised the name and...
Post-merger integration – the top 3 reasons why it usually fails
According to most surveys, including those from BusinessWeek and McKinsey quarterly 2/3 of all mergers and acquisitions fail to meet their objectives due to cultural clashes. In Gugin we have spent thousands of hours and a lot of money researching the reason behind this and develop services that help bring down that ratio.
Dilemma 3: Are you corrupt?
Are you corrupt? Usually when you ask people if they are corrupt they will answer "No!". But the truth is that we can all end up being corrupt if the pressure on us is big enough. Will will not be proud of it, many will not speak about it and most people will feel a...
Leadership Training reinvented
Leadership training has to be reinvented in order to be relevant for tomorrows leaders and managers. AI and automation are changing the leadership roles dramatically. Why do we need to reinvent leadership training? We need to reinvent the leadership training primarily...
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...
5 reasons you will never become a Leader
A lot of people want to become a leader. This article is about why you most likely will fail to become a leader. The article is also about what you can do yourself to change that situation. But you will probably find it is much harder than you anticipated.
Why is Cross-Cultural Leadership so challenging?
Cross Cultural Management is challenging to most managers. This article outlines 3 of the challenges and suggests how you can deal with them
Cultural Intelligence, what is it and how do you develop it?
What is Cultural Intelligence? Wikipedia defines Cultural Intelligence or CQ as "Cultural intelligence or cultural quotient (CQ) is a term used in business, education, government and academic research. Cultural intelligence can be understood as the capability to...
Merging organisations. The difficult task most CEO’s think they master
Merging organisations. The difficult task most CEO's think they master - but they don't- which is why 2/3 of all Mergers fail to meet their objectives due to cultural clashes. Here are the top 5 reasons why merging organisations go wrong and what you can do to...
Cultural Dilemma 1: The Owner’s Daughter
As leaders we are faced with dilemmas all the time. if you have a high level of Cultural intelligence you will reconcile them successfully
United Airlines corporate culture – a patient to be examined
The United Airlines corporate culture exposed When a Kentucky physician was dragged off a United Airlines plane it naturally created headlines around the world as it was an incomprehensible act, which didn't make sense to anybody. If it had been a violent passenger or...
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...
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...
Gugins Blog posts
- Integration of corporate cultures – how is it facilitated successfully? 14. June, 2021Corporate 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 time to integrate the organisations properly. And when you don’t succeed with the integration […]Finn Majlergaard
- Get Cross-Cultural Leadership Development in the Southern French Alps 3. June, 2021Develop your team’s intercultural competencies in one of Europe’s largest nature reserves, Parc National du Mercantour. We can learn so much from nature and we want you to use wild nature as inspiration for your own and your team’s development. For many years, Gugin has facilitated leadership training in the Borneo rainforest. We have learned […]Finn Majlergaard
- Here is why innovation projects often fail 26. May, 2021In most surveys covering strategic priorities, innovation usually comes in among the top three priorities. Yet, most innovation projects fail to succeed. In this article, I will explain why that is and what we can do to make innovation more successful. Why is innovation crucial for an organisation’s long-term survival? There is an American saying […]Finn Majlergaard
- How a bank discovered that banking wasn’t its core competence 27. April, 2021This article is about what can happen when you look at your company’s culture and core competencies with an open mind. It is also about having the courage as a leader to make drastic decisions in order to leverage your company’s culture in the very best way. A European bank asked Gugin to help them […]Finn Majlergaard
- How working from home may damage your company culture 2. December, 2020This article is about how working from home can damage your corporate culture. The money saved on sending people home because of COVID19 can easily be lost due to lover employee – and customer satisfaction. Read on The Excitement Many office workers around the world have been sent home to work from home because of […]Finn Majlergaard
- Fear as a Management tool? – Take the Survey 4. August, 2020How often do you use fear to motivate? In the Gugin Research Team, we are about to start researching on how, when and why we as managers use fear as a management tool. Our preliminary research shows that some use it often, others never but almost everyone we have talked to believe that they use […]Finn Majlergaard
- How much cultural Intelligence do you have? 3. August, 2020Look carefully at the image above. What do you pay attention to first, the different colours or the similar shapes? If you see the different colours first it means that you have a preference for looking for differences before you see similarities. If, however, you see the similar shapes before noticing they have different colours, […]Finn Majlergaard
- When Innovation dies it is too late to change 31. July, 2020Becoming innovative is difficult - staying innovative is harder - and when it fades it is almost always too late to change the culture The post When Innovation dies it is too late to change appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- 5 Best things you can do for your multicultural team 29. July, 2020Making everyone happy and motivated is difficult. If the group is very diverse it might seem almost impossible - but it is not - read on The post 5 Best things you can do for your multicultural team appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Why I always bring a hard case onboard a plane as hand baggage 25. July, 2020Home Consulting Consulting Services For the healthcare industry For the aviation industry Training & Courses Blog Posts Downloads Contact Gugin About Gugin 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 […]Finn Majlergaard