About Us

We believe that Culture is a company’s gateway to sustainable success. Sometimes the stars are aligned and companies become successful without putting much focus on culture. However, sooner or later these companies find that they are either helped or hampered by their culture. Culture affects everything, here are a few examples:

• How your company communicates with and is perceived by your customers (Jump to our blog post: Screwed a customer lately?)
• How effective your workforce is at getting things done.
• The innovation present in your product development cycle
• The degree to which your sales organization hunts for new clients
• The speed at which you grow
• How you respond to challenges in the market place
• How quickly problems are dealt with
• The degree of unproductive energy present in the organization

We’ve been working with culture, leaders and leader groups since 2003 and we’ve worked with a range of clients throughout Scandinavia. Our core group is small and we draw upon a diverse network of specialists in Norway, Sweden and the USA.

We seek energetic partnerships with our clients where we work closely together to understand the situation and find creative ways to shape it for the future. Our programs are tailored to fit our clients’ business and needs. We find our work becomes meaningful when our clients experience new perspectives that change the course of their development for the better.

We’ve coached executives, managers, sales people, priests, diplomats, Army officers, creatives, architects and others. We’ve worked to improve effectiveness in executive teams, sales organizations, small entrepreneurial companies, schools, software firms, shipping companies, the national sailing team and others.

Our Team

Rick Wheatley – Consultant and Coach

Rick began his career as a leader as an US Army officer serving in the Republic of Korea. After the Army, Rick served in leadership positions in Healthcare IT (Outsourcing, Service Management, IT Management) before moving to Norway in 2003.

Since 2003 Rick has worked with numerous leader and leader groups helping them to become more effective and improve results. Interested in helping professionals, specialists and managers successfully develop into leaders, Rick is energized by individuals and organizations who impatiently seek their own development even when it means leaving the comfort of the status quo.

Rick works actively as a facilitator, advisor and coach.

Angelika Skaug – Consultant and Coach

Languages: German (mother tongue), scandinavian

Originally a teacher, Angelika has been honing her coaching skills for more than twenty years now. Though born and raised in Germany, Angelika has lived in Norway off and on for thirty years. Her marriage to the former CEO of one of Norway’s foremost global shipping companies has given her invaluable perspective on what it means to be a leader and the impact that decision has on a leader’s life.