Food for Thoughts from Gugin
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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 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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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.
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?
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 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...
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.
Cultural diversity in the workplace
Learn how important it is to benefit financially and strategically from the cultural diversity in the workplace.
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 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...
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...
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 you should never use Hofstede to assess cultural differences
Understanding human behaviour has interested us at all times. Psychologists, philosophers, historians, artists and others have all made their contributions to describing human behaviour. Hofstede was one of the first, in the 1960'ies to look at human behaviour from a...
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...
Your Comfort Zone is the most dangerous Place to be
I recently facilitated a global leadership workshop for a group of very introvert MBA students - actually the most introvert group I have ever had. It was not a group of executive MBA students so they have both their life and challenges ahead of them. One of the major...
There is one thing worse than bad leadership
We are good at reducing bad leadership Most leaders and managers are well aware that the quality of their performance has a huge influence on the people they manage or lead. This is also why organisational feedback systems are so valuable because they indicate how and...
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...
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...
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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Gugins Blog posts
- Leadership Keynote Speaker by Dr Finn Majlergaard 31. October, 2021Leadership 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 28. October, 2021Becoming 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
- I just say things as they are… 23. October, 2021The post I just say things as they are… appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- You can’t make a dog happy by wagging its tail 22. October, 2021The post You can’t make a dog happy by wagging its tail appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- 3 Topics all Leaders should have on their Radar Screen in 2021 18. October, 2021Leaders 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. The post 3 Topics all Leaders should have on their Radar Screen in 2021 appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Why Brexit might be the best thing that has happened to Europe in 30 years 13. October, 2021The post Why Brexit might be the best thing that has happened to Europe in 30 years appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Fear as a Management tool? – Take the Survey 8. October, 2021The post Fear as a Management tool? – Take the Survey appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Check if your colleagues are cultural intelligent 3. October, 2021The post Check if your colleagues are cultural intelligent appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Leadership Training reinvented 24. September, 2021The post Leadership Training reinvented appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard
- Terror attack – The Dangerous side effect of Cultures 23. September, 2021The post Terror attack – The Dangerous side effect of Cultures appeared first on Gugin.Finn Majlergaard