Trompenaars Hampden

What Trompenaars Hampden does

Trompenaars Hampden-Turner (THT Consulting) is a privately held cross-cultural management consultancy founded in 1991 by Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner and headquartered in Amstelveen, the Netherlands (operating via wholly-owned subsidiary Culture Factory bv). The firm helps organisations diagnose and reconcile competing cultural values and strategic tensions that inhibit execution, with typical client situations including M&A cultural integration, strategy-to-execution gaps, culture conflicts between business units, leadership underperformance, international expansion, values activation, and operating model redesign.

Its core technology is a body of proprietary frameworks rather than software: the Seven Dimensions of Culture, the Dilemma Reconciliation Process, the Values-to-Behavior methodology, the 4R Approach (Recognise, Respect, Reconcile, Realise), and The 4 Organisational Cultures diagnostic. These are delivered through consulting engagements, in-person and virtual training programs, keynote speaking, practitioner certification, and the CultureXplore digital assessment tool and an eLearning platform. Supporting intellectual capital includes 100+ publications, with the flagship 'Riding the Waves of Culture' (a Thinkers50 Management Classic) translated into 20+ languages and over 300,000 copies sold, plus the forthcoming 'Tension to Traction' (2027).

THT makes money primarily through custom enterprise consulting engagements (initiated via discovery calls), high-value keynote speaking by the co-founders and partner Bas Kemme, fee-based training programs, certification/licensing of practitioners, and one-time book and tool sales. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are quoted on a custom basis with multi-year contracts typical. The firm serves a horizontal mix of Fortune 500 multinationals (e.g., ING, Sony, Nike, Chanel, Mastercard, Ikea, KPMG, HSBC, FedEx, Credit Agricole, Novo Nordisk) plus a secondary audience of senior leaders, academics, and certified practitioners, with no geographic restrictions disclosed.

Name

Trompenaars Hampden

Legal name

Trompenaars Hampden-Turner

Website

https://www3.thtconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trompenaars Hampden-Turner is a Netherlands-based, founder-led management consultancy that helps Fortune 500 multinationals reconcile competing cultural values and strategic tensions through proprietary frameworks, training, certification, and the CultureXplore digital tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience (EX) Consulting (BPAHAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Restructuring & Turnaround Advisory (BPAHAOAC), M&A HR Advisory (Due Diligence, Integration, Carve-outs) (BPACAJAL), Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Cultural transformation consulting
• Cross-cultural effectiveness
• Dilemma reconciliation
• Leadership development
• Organizational culture alignment

Headquarters

HQ city

Maussane

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting: Enterprise consulting engagements helping organisations turn strategic, organisational and human tensions into value. Includes work on strategy and culture alignment, innovation culture, M&A value creation, leadership development, and cross-border effectiveness.
2. Keynote Speaking: Co-founder Fons Trompenaars and partner Bas Kemme speak on performance, culture and leadership at corporate events and conferences.
3. Training Programs: In-person and virtual training programs including Creating Your Organisation's Vision, Dilemma Reconciliation, and Servant Leadership.
4. Certification: Certification programs for practitioners to embed THT models and tools inside their organisations with certified practitioners.
5. Publications and Tools: Books including 'Riding the Waves of Culture' and 'Tension to Traction' (2027), plus proprietary tools and materials for cultural assessment and development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Trompenaars Hampden-Turner provides enterprise consulting, training, and certification services that help organisations reconcile strategic, organisational, and human tensions using proprietary frameworks such as the Seven Dimensions of Culture, the Dilemma Reconciliation Process, and the 4R Approach. The firm delivers these through multi-year consulting engagements, keynote speaking, in-person and virtual training programs, and practitioner certification, supported by the CultureXplore digital assessment tool, an eLearning platform, and published books.

Product overview

Trompenaars Hampden-Turner (THT Consulting) offers a consulting and advisory services platform centered on cultural transformation frameworks and dilemma reconciliation methodologies. The core offering consists of proprietary models including Dilemma Thinking, the 4R Approach (Recognize, Respect, Reconcile, Realize), the 7 Dimensions of Culture, and The 4 Organisational Cultures. These methodologies are delivered through consulting engagements (Strategy & Culture Alignment, Innovation Culture, M&A Value Creation, Leadership for Performance, Cross-Border & Diversity Effectiveness, Risk Management, Sustainability), professional programs (eLearning and Certification), and speaking services (Keynotes). Supporting tools include CultureXplore for cultural assessment. The company also publishes books including the foundational 'Riding the Waves of Culture' and the forthcoming 'Tension to Traction' (2027).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy & Culture Alignment Consulting Custom consulting engagement that aligns organisational culture with strategic objectives, helping leadership teams make strategy deliver through cultural alignment.
• Innovation Culture Consulting Consulting engagement that builds innovation capabilities by reconciling cultural tensions that inhibit creative outcomes across the enterprise.
• M&A Value Creation Consulting Consulting support for merger and acquisition cultural integration focused on realising deal value through effective post-merger integration.
• Leadership for Performance Consulting Consulting engagement that develops leadership capability to navigate complexity and reconcile competing demands effectively across the organisation.
• Cross-Border & Diversity Effectiveness Consulting Consulting engagement enabling organisations to leverage cultural differences for improved international and cross-border performance.
• Functional Performance – Risk Management Consulting Consulting engagement focused on risk control and organisational resilience through cultural alignment.
• Functional Performance – Sustainability Consulting Consulting engagement focused on sustainable value creation through cultural alignment with environmental and social responsibilities.
• CultureXplore Assessment Tool Digital culture assessment tool that enables organisations to measure and analyse their cultural dimensions using THT frameworks.
• eLearning Programs Online learning programs and courses for professionals seeking to understand and apply Trompenaars Hampden-Turner cultural frameworks and dilemma reconciliation.
• Certification Programs Certification offerings that enable practitioners to become certified in applying THT models and tools within their organisations or client engagements.
• Training Programs Professional training programs including Creating Your Organisation's Vision, Dilemma Reconciliation, and Servant Leadership, delivered in-person and virtually.
• Keynote Speaking Keynote speaking engagements featuring co-founder Fons Trompenaars or partner Bas Kemme on performance, culture, and leadership topics at corporate events and conferences.
• Tension to Traction Book Forthcoming book continuing the founders' work on cultural dilemmas and reconciliation, scheduled for publication in 2027.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by Fortune 500 clients for over three decades
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry's culture and organizational consulting practice addresses culture, leadership, and change at large scale; it competes for the same Fortune 500 mandates THT serves, but as part of a much broader HR consulting portfolio.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): DDI provides leadership and culture transformation services to Fortune 500 clients with assessment-based methodologies, sharing THT's enterprise audience and culture-change focus.
• McKinsey Culture & Change Practice: McKinsey's Organization Practice includes culture transformation and change management offerings that overlap with THT's strategy & culture alignment work, scaled across global enterprise clients.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): CCL is a research-driven leadership development organization offering executive programs and culture work that competes with THT's Leadership for Performance solutions for senior Fortune 500 clients.
• BCG - People & Organization: BCG's People & Organization practice offers culture, leadership, and organizational design consulting that competes with THT on large transformation mandates globally.

Direct peers

• RW3 CultureWizard: RW3 CultureWizard delivers cross-cultural training, assessment tools, and global mobility consulting to multinationals, directly overlapping with THT's Cross-Border & Diversity Effectiveness offering.
• Hofstede Insights: Hofstede Insights commercializes Geert Hofstede's cultural dimensions framework into enterprise consulting, training, and certification, directly competing with THT in cross-cultural assessment and advisory.
• Erin Meyer (The Culture Map): Erin Meyer's 'The Culture Map' is a parallel framework for navigating cross-cultural business situations; she offers executive education and advisory through INSEAD that overlap directly with THT's Cross-Border Effectiveness work.

Others

• GLOBE Project (House et al.): The GLOBE research program is an academic cultural dimensions framework that underpins many consulting offerings, including THT-relevant practice; it is ecosystem-relevant rather than a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Pink Elephant (Culture & Transformation): Pink Elephant focuses on culture diagnostics, leadership development and AI-augmented transformation work for enterprise, sharing THT's culture-transformation theme with a digital-first approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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