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
Cultural Audit – Get the truth about your organisation
Cultural Audit - Get the truth about your organisation Introduction Cultural audit is the process where we describe all the aspects of a particular organisational culture. Gugin has developed and refined a comprehensive framework that gives us all the insight we need...
Organisational Culture Nudging – an intelligent way to change behaviour
What is Organisational Culture Nudging Organisational culture nudging is a concept where we can alter people's behaviour in a predictable way without forbidding them to choose other options. It is used a lot in architecture where you want people to move in a specific...
Are you in a toxic Work Culture? – Blow the whistle
Toxic work culture is bad for both you and your company Do you ever have the feeling that you have to pull all your energy together in order to be able to go to work? Do you have anxiety when entering your workplace? A toxic work culture can have a huge negative...
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.
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
Changing Corporate Culture With Cultural Nudging
What is Cultural Nudging Cultural nudging is a concept where we can alter people's behaviour in a predictable way without forbidding them to choose other options. It is used a lot in architecture where you want people to move in a specific way and pace in a building....
How is Corporate Culture and Customer Loyalty Connected?
You can’t trick customers or employees into being loyal to your Company or Brand. You can only achieve long-term loyalty from customers and employees if your corporate culture is transparent, you do what you say and that you are willing to make sacrifices for your values.
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
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...
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...
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...
3 Topics all Leaders should have on their Radar Screen in 2019
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.
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.
Leadership Keynote Speaker by Dr Finn Majlergaard
Leadership keynote speaker, Dr Finn Majlergaard delivers thought-provoking global leadership speeches and workshops all over the world, based on 25 years of experience with 600+ companies. Anyone can copy your product but no one can copy your culture. Learn to become the best in leadership
When we accept behaviour today we wouldn’t accept before
Why we accept behaviour we didn't accept before Unlike what we might initially think cultural values change over time. That is the truth for any culture - in fact no culture would be able to survice if it didn't adapt to the external environment all the time. When I...
Poll: Who is the greatest threat to world peace, Trump, Putin or Kim Jong-Un?
Trump, Putin or Kim Jong-Un 3 people who gain global attention. 3 people who almost everybody have an opinion about. Before we continue we will like to hear your opinion by answering the short poll below. We will also be grateful if you will share this...
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...
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...
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 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?
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...
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....
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...
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...
Gugins Blog posts
- Organisational Culture Nudging – an intelligent way to change behaviour 17. May, 2019The post Organisational Culture Nudging – an intelligent way to change behaviour appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Are you in a toxic Work Culture? – Blow the whistle 14. May, 2019The post Are you in a toxic Work Culture? – Blow the whistle appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- 5 soft skills a leader should possess to create a strong corporate culture 28. March, 2019Soft 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 […]Finn Majlergaard
- 5 Best things you can do for your multicultural team 19. March, 2019Making 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
- Changing Corporate Culture With Cultural Nudging 20. January, 2019The post Changing Corporate Culture With Cultural Nudging appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- How is Corporate Culture and Customer Loyalty Connected? 19. January, 2019You can't trick customers or employees into being loyal to your Company or Brand. You can only achieve long-term loyalty from customers and employees if your corporate culture is transparent, you do what you say and that you are willing to make sacrifices for your values. The post How is Corporate Culture and Customer Loyalty […]Finn Majlergaard
- When Innovation dies it is too late to change 12. September, 2018Becoming 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
- Cultural Intelligence, what is it and how do you develop it? 11. August, 2018The post Cultural Intelligence, what is it and how do you develop it? appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Why leaving Facebook is the right thing to do 2. August, 2018The post Why leaving Facebook is the right thing to do appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Leadership Training reinvented 19. July, 2018The post Leadership Training reinvented appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
