EU Business News- Benelux Enterprise Awards 2025 Best Global Cultural Intelligence & Workforce Strategy Firm 2025 The Culture Factor Group is a cultural analytics and strategy advisory with a global reach. With physical offices in 10 countries and strategic alliances extending its reach to over 60, it is uniquely positioned to understand local cultural subtleties and business environments, enabling it to tailor its offerings to fit unique needs. We find out more from Egbert Schram as the company gains traction with a win in the highly-acclaimed Benelux Enterprise Awards 2025. The Culture Factor Group is a global consultancy specialising in cultural intelligence and organisational effectiveness, helping companies to align their culture with strategy to drive better performance, collaboration, and long-term success. With clients ranging from multinational corporations such as McDonald’s, Unilever, Airbus, Mars, and Harley-Davidson, to forward-thinking public institutions and tech scaleups seeking to grow across borders, the firm offers a suite of data-driven services, including cultural assessments; executive and team coaching; tailored training programmes; culture-asa-service; and licensing and certification. The firm’s overriding mission is to make culture measurable, manageable, and meaningful. “We believe culture is not a soft concept - it’s a critical business driver,” Egbert Schram, Group Chief Executive Officer, explains. “By turning cultural insight into strategic action, we help organisations become more human-centric, emotionally sustainable, and future-ready.” To achieve this, the group blends advanced analytics, behavioural science, and global research partnerships to deliver solutions that are both academically grounded and practically impactful. Through a combination of cutting-edge tools, strategic facilitation, and longterm partnerships, it empowers leaders to navigate complexity, reduce misalignment, and unlock the full potential of their people. In order to stand out from the crowd and differentiate itself, The Culture Factor has several USPs marking it out as the best choice. To begin with, it follows the belief that culture matters within a business if you want that business to succeed. To this end, the firm has built data-driven tools that delve deeper than values posters or engagement surveys. “Our data doesn’t just describe culture — it shapes it,” enthuses Egbert. “It’s grounded in global research, tested in real organisations, and designed to help leaders make smarter, more human decisions. Whether you’re scaling across borders or trying to fix what’s not quite clicking in your team, we help you turn culture into a practical advantage. No fluff. Just insight that works.” In the Benelux region currently, Egbert has noticed an extreme focus on the employee end of the scales, such as highlighting staff member’s feelings and emotions, on care culture, and on wellbeing, which in turn leads to focus groups and interview-style assessments. Whereas at The Culture Factor, there is a very strong emphasis on personalised, datadriven consulting and hard facts. “Every member of our team, whether in operations, consulting, or product design, is trained in our cultural frameworks and tools,” continues Egbert. “We use our own ICM (Intercultural Management) and OC (Organisational Culture) data internally to stay aligned and identify areas for improvement. We also encourage continuous learning and cross-cultural collaboration - because understanding complexity starts with ourselves.” For its innovative tools and data-driven approach, The Culture Factor Group recently gained notable recognition in the Benelux Enterprise Awards 2025 and was bestowed with the prestigious accolade of Best Global Cultural Intelligence & Workforce Strategy Firm 2025 – a very worthy win and a much-coveted trophy in the industry. Now, the remainder of 2025 marks a pivotal phase for the company as it has big ambitions to scale-up its Cultural Advisory Board (an ongoing subscription-based model that integrates culture insights into daily operations) in order to give clients ongoing access to real-time cultural insights, tools, and benchmarking. This is part of the firm’s strategic shift from project-based consulting to long-term partnerships that embed culture as a strategic asset. It is also investing in AI-enhanced diagnostics, combining its proven cultural frameworks with next-gen technology to help clients make faster, more nuanced decisions. The end goal here is to keep the human context at the centre, while using data to power clarity and change. Also on the horizon, is the expansion of its Latin American and AsiaPacific presence, as well as the launch of new training certifications, and more active partnerships with academic institutions to drive global thought leadership. “In short: as the world only continues to globalise, there will remain a strong need for more cultural understanding,” Egbert states. “We practice what we preach. Our own culture is built on trust, accountability, and curiosity. We operate as a fully virtual, globally distributed team - so collaboration, self-leadership, and cultural empathy aren’t just nice to have, they’re essential.” Contact Details Contact: Egbert Schram Company: The Culture Factor Group Web Address: www.theculturefactor.com AIS-Jun25086
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