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6 January 2026

Goal setting - From Coxswain to the C-Suite

As 2026 rolls in, it is the perfect moment to reassess our goals, but how many of us actually follow through? According to a recent YouGov poll, only 28% of people fully achieve their New Year’s goals, and a staggering 35% have already given up by January. The struggle to stick to resolutions is not […]

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10 December 2021

Global Reach, Irish Insights

Mary Keane and Lorri Lowe, two of our Partners, both grew up in Ireland. We spoke with them about their memories of Nollaig (Christmas). Lorri grew up speaking Irish Gaeilge and spent several very happy years in a small village close to Dublin. She remembers most villages, towns, and cities decorating the streets with holy […]

9 December 2021

Global Reach, Norwegian Insights

We spoke with Benedikte and Hild, from our office in Norway, as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. In Norway the Christmas season, Julebord, begins slowly on November 28th, the first of the four Sundays in Advent, when we light a candle. Families celebrate Little Christmas on Dec. 23, and have their own ritual for the […]

6 December 2021

Global Reach, German Insights

We spoke with our team in Germany to ask how they are planning to spend the holidays. St Nicholas Day, 6th December, is a favourite holiday with German children. On the evening of the 5th of December, children leave one shoe outside a door before going to sleep so that Santa Claus can put some […]

3 December 2021

Global Reach, Local Insights

We spoke with our Chair, Zoltan Petho, about how he celebrates the holiday season in Hungary. Our main day of celebrating Christmas is the evening of the 24th that we call The Holy Evening, Szent-este. We decorate the Christmas tree, together with the children, a few days before Christmas which we all love. On Christmas […]

2 December 2021

International Firm, Local People

We spoke with Laurence Pinget about Christmas in her home town of Strasbourg. In the Rhenish Tradition, Christmas is one of the loveliest times of the year The oldest Christmas market is known all over the world and we are happy and proud to have it back again this year! For four hundred years this […]

29 November 2021

International Firm, Local People

We spoke with our Polish team about their holiday plans. On Christmas Eve in Poland, many families share oplatek (an unleavened religious wafer), each person breaking off a piece as they wish each other Merry Christmas. Similarly, at Easter we share boiled eggs that are sprinkled with holy water by the priest. It used to […]

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