Food for Thoughts from Gugin
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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....
Cross-Cultural Team 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...
An employee betrays you. What do you do?
Most people have tried being betrayed by another person. How we deal with it in a personal setting can vary a lot depending on the circumstances and our personal attitudes. When it happens in a company, when someone betrays the company in one or the other way, we need...
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
Cultural Diversity is the key to Success for Global Companies
Taking advantage of cultural diversity is propable the biggest hidden resource in business today. Gugin has helped hundreds of companies around the world becoming better
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 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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cultural diversity in the workplace
Learn how important it is to benefit financially and strategically from the cultural diversity in the workplace.
Is Islam = Terrorism?
Is Terrorism = Islam? Of course not It is easy to judge the terror attacks we have witnessed in Paris as a spin-off of radical islamism as all of the terrorists were muslims. I am writing this short article because I have worked with this subject for quite many years...
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...
The New Homeless
Home means protection, belonging, feelings of ownership, safety, and overall a place where everything is known. At home, we understand the way things work and the relationships among others. We learn from others (parents) or teach others (brothers and sisters, sons...
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...
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...
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...
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.
The top 5 corporate culture challenges for managers
Here are the 5 most significant challenges managers of multicultural teams are facing. The list is based on more than 600 clients Gugin has worked with across the Globe. Contact us if these challenges look familiar to you. We will love to hear about them. Maybe we can help.
Why Fighting Climate Change has to be embedded in Corporate Cultures
Fighting climate change has to be embedded in the corporate cultures for a number of reasons. Learn why and how you change the corporate culture
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.
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...
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...
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...
Gugins Blog posts
- An employee betrays you. What do you do? 21. September, 2022The post An employee betrays you. What do you do? appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Cultural Dilemma 1: The Owner’s Daughter 20. May, 2022As leaders we are faced with dilemmas all the time. if you have a high level of Cultural intelligence you will reconcile them successfully The post Cultural Dilemma 1: The Owner’s Daughter appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Cultural Diversity is the key to Success for Global Companies 16. May, 2022Taking advantage of cultural diversity is propable the biggest hidden resource in business today. Gugin has helped hundreds of companies around the world becoming better The post Cultural Diversity is the key to Success for Global Companies appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Leadership Keynote Speaker by Dr Finn Majlergaard 3. May, 2022Leadership 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 The post Leadership Keynote Speaker by Dr Finn Majlergaard appeared […]Finn Majlergaard
- When Innovation dies it is too late to change 3. May, 2022Becoming 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
- Intercultural Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities 2. May, 2022Cross 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
- The Nobel peace Prize to Europe – A Warning 30. April, 2022The post The Nobel peace Prize to Europe – A Warning appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- When we accept behaviour today we wouldn’t accept before 29. April, 2022The post When we accept behaviour today we wouldn’t accept before appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Organisational Culture Nudging – an intelligent way to change behaviour 26. April, 2022The post Organisational Culture Nudging – an intelligent way to change behaviour appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Cultural Intelligence, what is it and how do you develop it? 24. April, 2022The post Cultural Intelligence, what is it and how do you develop it? appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard