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 conflicts – Here is the 1 thing that resolves most
Cultural conflicts can often be resolved in a very pleasant way. Read on and learn which way that is. Gugin often uses that method when we have a client in need
Are you in a toxic Work Culture? – Blow the whistle
A toxic Work Culture has to be fixed for the sake of both the employees, customers and owners. Gugin can help you getting your company back on track
There is one thing worse than bad leadership
Bad leadership is widespread, but there is always something g that can be done. Gugin helps your organisation creating a better workplace culture
Leverage cultural diversity and accelerate organisational effectiveness
Organisational effectiveness is crucial as it will help you adapt to changes and make your employees feel satisfied and motivated
Cultural Dilemma example 1: The Owner’s Daughter
Here is a cultural dilemma example that can help you determine your level of cultural intelligence
How a bank discovered that banking wasn’t its core competence
How a bank discovered that banking wasn’t its core competence . Gugin’s assessment helped them focus where they really had their strengths
Which Rules are you ready to break to be considered a Leader?
Which rules – if any at all – are you willing to break in order to be considered a good leader and what is the relationship with cultures
United Airlines corporate culture – a patient to be examined
United Airlines has learned the hard way what a rotten company culture can do to your valuation. But can they change? Probably not
Here is why being a “Data-driven leader” is not as great as you might think
This article is about the hidden pitfalls of being a purely data-driven leader and why relying solely on numbers can lead to poor decision-making. While data is valuable, true leadership also requires emotional intelligence (EQ) and cultural...
Managing exceptions :: The key to excellent performance
Managing exceptions is an often overlooked leadership skill. But done right it can save your organisation a lot of time and money
Intercultural Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities
Intercultural Leadership is challenging to most managers. This article outlines 3 of the challenges and suggests how you can deal with them
How working from home may damage your company culture
Working from home can have many advantages, but it can also damage your company culture if you aren’t careful
Merging organisations. The difficult task most CEO’s think they master
Merging organisations is an unordinary task that often goes wrong because it requires a lot of specialised skills. Gugin has these skills
Competitive advantage – a new way of calculating it
Learn how to calculate the competitive advantage derived from cultural diversity, cultural intelligence and innovation.
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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 becoming better
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.
Can you do too much for your employees to satisfy them?
Can you do too much for your employees ? There is no simple answer as it all depends on the culture circumstances. We all feel motivated differently
Micro-inequities make Cultural Conflicts destructive
Many cultural conflicts start with micro-inequities that no one pay attention to. If you learn to do that you can make a huge difference to your organisation
Culture Nudging – an intelligent way to change behaviour
Culture nudging is an effective and fun way if changing people’s behaviour. Gugin teaches you how you can use it as a new leadership tool
Integration of corporate cultures – how to succeed
Integration of company cultures after a merger or acquisition usually fails because it is not considered important – until the company goes down
Why you should never use Hofstede to assess cultural differences
Using Hofstede to assess cultures is popular but as wrong as it can be and damage cultural reconciliation because it promotes cultural stereotypes
Here is why innovation projects often fail
Innovation projects usually fail – because we let them. They don’t have to. With cultural intelligence you can make your innovation projects succeed
Gugins services – How are they developed
Here is how Gugins services are developed and the secret to why we always deliver a lot of real value to our clients around the world
You can’t make a dog happy by wagging its tail
We know how to make a dog happy. Making humans happy and satisfied is equally simply if you understand how. Gugin will teach you
Gugins Blog posts
- Fear as a Management tool? – Take the Survey 2. May, 2025How often do you use fear to motivate? In the Gugin, we are about to start researching on how, when and why we as managers use fear as a management tool The post Fear as a Management tool? – Take the Survey first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Culture Audit – Get the truth about your organisation 29. April, 2025 Finn Majlergaard
- The top 5 corporate culture challenges for managers 25. April, 2025Here are the top 5 culture challenges managers of culturally diverse teams are facing according to Gugin's research. Overcoming them is often a challenge too The post The top 5 corporate culture challenges for managers first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Everyone in your organisation needs to be culturally intelligent. Here is why! 25. April, 2025A toxic workplace culture can be devastating for an organisation, but fixing it can be challenging as we often get used to the toxic environment The post Everyone in your organisation needs to be culturally intelligent. Here is why! first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Healthcare industry progress blocked by cultural challenges 20. April, 2025Cultural challenges in the healthcare industry are blocking innovation and service improvements The post Healthcare industry progress blocked by cultural challenges first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Why Fighting Climate Change has to be embedded in Corporate Cultures 17. April, 2025Fighting climate change has to be embedded in the corporate cultures for a number of reasons. Learn why and how you change the corporate culture The post Why Fighting Climate Change has to be embedded in Corporate Cultures first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- How to successfully screw up a business meeting 16. April, 2025 Finn Majlergaard
- 5 Common Cross-Cultural Leadership Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) 15. April, 2025Learn the top 5 mistakes leaders make when managing multicultural teams — and how to avoid them. Expert advice from Gugin’s cross-cultural leadership specialists. The post 5 Common Cross-Cultural Leadership Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Are the value statements on your corporate website real? 14. April, 2025Sure! Here’s a more engaging, conversational, and personal version of your article, while keeping the original message and credibility intact: Why Your Company’s Values Aren’t What You Think They Are Let’s be honest—we’ve all been there. Sitting through yet another corporate presentation, watching an endless stream of PowerPoint slides float by. Somewhere between the obligatory […]Finn Majlergaard
- I just say things as they are… 14. April, 2025I 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 The post I just say things as they are… first appeared on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard