Culture and values

Even though you may not be aware of it, every company has a unique culture. A specific way of doing, saying and thinking. In this theme we dig deeper into how you become aware of your own culture and how you can use it to strengthen your company.

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CULTURE

INSEAD professor Erin Meyer on ‘The Culture Map’

**Thinkers50** We need to spend a lot of time in a new country before we understand how big a difference there can be between the ways we do things. This lesson was learned the hard way by a company which Erin Meyer, in her Letter to the CEO, calls Catchall.

Letter to the CEO from Erin Meyer

**Thinkers50** Thinkers50 presents a Letter to the CEO from Erin Meyer. A Professor at INSEAD, Erin Meyer is author of The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business.

The most efficient leaders clash with the company culture

TOOL | Which chief executive do think is most efficient? The one whose style of management matches the culture of the company or the one whose style of management clashes? A lot of people will point at the first type of leader. But actually, research within the area of leadership show that it is often quite the opposite.

Change management: ’Unlock’ old patterns

VIDEO | In these three videos with Jes Graugaard you can find out how to 'unlock' the old patterns that stand in the way of change, how 'sense of urgency' replaces the burning platform and the one thing you can not ignore if you want to create a true performance culture.

Cultural differences (1/4)

VIDEO | In these four videos Anette Dahl from C3 Consulting presents two tools that can help you navigate between two different cultures.

What is corporate culture?

TOOL | Imagine that you do not need to micromanage your coworkers. That they can independently make the right decisions for the good of the company. That they instinctively know what is the right thing to do regarding customers, partners and competitions. Where your resources as executive are spent on thinking big, strategic, forward-looking thoughts and not micromanaging coworkers and putting out fires. In companies which have a strong culture this is actually possible.

How to avoid culture shock when on a foreign assignment

TOOL | When stationed abroad isn't something you should dive into without having considered it thoroughly first. If you're going with your family, it's very importance that you and your family agree that a stationing abroad is the right choice for you. The thought of a foreign assignment is often a decision that requires some getting used to. So talk it through well before the stationing.

Identify your optimal culture and achieve it in 2 simple steps

TOOL | The culture in your company is definitely not something that you, as an owner or leader, should take lightly. Besides the proven fact that a strong corporate culture is able to create better returns than business with weaker cultures, a weak culture can also lead to other serious consequences.

Organizational culture analysis

TOOL | Når organisationer ikke bare ændrer sig, fordi lederen har besluttet sig for det, skyldes det, ifølge Edgar H. Shein, ofte, at noget i organisationens kultur modarbejder forandringen. I denne artikel gennemgår vi Edgar H. Sheins klassiske syn på organisationskulturer og viser, hvordan du kan få en forståelse af din egen virksomheds kulturelle særpræg.

What every company should know about emotional relations

TOOL | To help your customer you must know what challenges, successes and focus areas he has.

The person closest to the guest is responsible

CASE | Fårup Sommerland has been elected as the world’s third best family park and Scandinavia’s best summer land. A targeted investment in teaching employees being a great host and internal competitions in great service has meant more visitors and a higher return.

Licence to THRILL (1/3)

VIDEO | Why do some teams outperform others under similar conditions? Which tools, methods an mental abilities do the best teams have? The answer can, acording to Karsten Kock co-creater of the Licence to Thrill method, constitute of Thrill factor.

The story about License to THRILL

THEME | A method to strengthen leadership, relationships, team and results in businesses and organizations. Works with employee engagement, customer satisfaction, sales / revenue and loyalty.

The THRILL Wheel

TOOL | Many roads lead to Rome, and there are many ways of working with THRILL. whether we're trying to create more employee involvement, customer satisfaction, increased sales and profit, or if we're working on retention, it carries a contagious positive effect on all of the other areas. So there are many ways of approaching THRILL.

Storytelling: How stories become business

VIDEO | In an ever-changing world, where the old rules of marketing no longer apply, cultural understanding and identity is the icebreaker that makes you attractive. We need to learn the cultural codes and play accordingly, and we need to understand the core of our own business and communicate it through stories that touches people’s hearts, according to Jim Lyngvild. Because the good story is far more important than the actual product.
VALUES

Mission, vision, goals and values

TOOL | In this article we explain the difference between the three terms and engage why you have to work with the company’s mission, vision and values.

LEGO Serious Play

THEME | The values of LEGO Serious Play rest on a faith in everyone's potential and a belief that everyone in a company can contribute to discussions, solutions and results.