"President Business" he's not. Lego's chief executive, Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, bears little resemblance to the uptight "Lego Movie" CEO character whose alter ego is a tyrant. He was once a kindergarten teacher. He talks about the importance of executives bringing their "heart" into making tough decisions. Employees made him a Lego mini figure in his likeness, stamped with this email address and phone number on the back, that he hands out as an amusing alternative to business cards.But Knudstorp has been, in Lego-speak, a master builder of the company's turnaround since 2004, when as a 35-year-old he became the family-controlled company's first outside CEO. At the time, Lego was losing $1 million a day, had overextended itself into categories such as branded children's clothing, loaded up on debt and rolled out pre-assembled toys that distanced children from the building experience. Knudstorp set about righting Lego's cash flows, selling noncore assets, making painful job cuts and repairing the company's relationship with retailers.
Most of all, he refocused the company on its core product — physical plastic bricks — using ethnographic research to add products such as the popular Lego Friends line, focused on girls. Although the company recently has seen flat sales in the U.S. that trimmed profits, revenue growth between 2005 and 2015 exploded fivefold. It is now the world's most profitable toy company.As Knudstorp prepares to step down — Lego announced Tuesday it would nominate him to be chairman of the board and lead a new entity, the Lego Brand Group, which will oversee the Kristiansen family's stake — The Washington Post spoke with him about his leadership lessons from 12 years at the top of a toy turnaround. On how he recognized that the company needed to focus on its core:Soon after taking over, Knudstorp went on a "discovery journey" to understand what made Lego unique, visiting retailers to ask about what was missing, stopping at MIT for a reminder about how children learn, and spending three days at a Lego conference for adult fans in Washington, D.C. "They really inspired me to go back to the creative expression of the core product
So did spending lots of time with groups of children as they played with Lego bricks, he says: "We had a huge number of people writing to us saying how much the brand meant to them. That convinced me we could survive, and the brand would survive. We were just poor managers of the brand. How do we double down on what's so special to us? That was the creative building experience." Knudstorp made painful cuts to staffing at Lego but says he tried to connect with employees by giving them lengthy advance warning about job cuts, offering retraining and trying to be personally present throughout. "We run five shifts on the factories, and once a year I would run through all the shifts, spending 40 hours meeting individually with those employees many times," he says. "They were asking: What does the future look like? Of course I couldn't guarantee it. But I could show I care for them. Being honest and transparent is important for morale." On executive bonuses at Lego:At Lego, financial metrics make up less than a third of the weighting used in determining bonuses for executives, Knudstorp says.
The remainder is based on factors such as how retail customers perform and how employees rate top managers. "Do they feel engaged? Do they feel passionate? It creates a very different culture."On one of his biggest leadership lessons:One of the things Knudstorp says he finds most important is to say "thank you for doing all the things I never told you to do. You shouldn't run a company based on what you tell (employees) to do. You should run it based on intention. The way I put it is that 'context-setting is more important than controlling.' So many companies are based on controlling. You get punished based on what you don't do."Raves about Lego's customer service went viral this year after an employee creatively responded to a 7-year-old's request for a replacement mini figure. Knudstorp, who says he personally answers all the emails he receives, tells another story of a sick child who had been saving to buy a Lego set that was out of production. The consumer services department "literally went around to all the offices in the building asking, 'Would you happen to have this set we no longer manufacture?'
" to find an unopened set. "I say, 'Don't just do what you were told to do, do what you think is the right thing to do, because you have that mandate,' " he says. "And when it happens, you celebrate those stories." No hints listed yet. We have 26 questions and 17 answers for this game. Check them out to find answers or ask your own to get the exact game help you need. How do I help Anna garden? How to you find the 3rd cog thing in the city park carnival How do I find the juice bar in city park maina How do I get off the bicycle How do I get squirrel to move away PostsDiscussion9Help getting Kitty off of roof905NFL - Discussion Thread6Leaked 'The Last Jedi' Star Wars Poster29Star Wars: The Last Jedi18Lego Batman Movie7New Tomb Raider Movie for 2018Get Involved and join the fun. Go to our LEGO Friends forums to talk about the game, or visit our other forums to chat to gamers. has decided to offer to you a new and beautiful category of games, one of the many to come, a category in which you will have offered only games with Lego characters.
has added 146 Lego Games, but promises to add new games every day in this category of games for children. The Lego Games have been voted 15 times, the maximum vote is 5 stars and the average is 5.00 stars. Follow carefully the list of games, select your favorite game from the series Lego Games and play with other children on this site. You can always recommend this site to your friends and invite them to play because here we have the largest collection of online games for girls and boys. Lego Ninjago Spin Puzzle The Lego Ninjago Spin Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Princesses game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Poly Man Runner game it is part from Adventure Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Alfreds Bat Snaps game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lobster Thermidor Cook off The Lobster Thermidor Cook off game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times.
Lego Batman Hidden Letters The Lego Batman Hidden Letters game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Batman Coloring game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. Lego Batman Mobie Selfie... The Lego Batman Mobie Selfie Builder game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego Batman Movie Jigsaw The Lego Batman Movie Jigsaw game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego City Advent Calendar The Lego City Advent Calendar game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Blockytrials game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego Ninjago Star Wars Ace... The Lego Ninjago Star Wars Ace Assault game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego Hidden Car Rims The Lego Hidden Car Rims game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 4 times. The Lego Racecar Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times.
The Yoda Chronicles game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 3 times. Lego Bionicle The Journey... The Lego Bionicle The Journey to One Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Build a Comic Cover The Build a Comic Cover game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego Chima Legends Puzzle The Lego Chima Legends Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. Lego Nexo Knights Avoider The Lego Nexo Knights Avoider game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Ninjago Battle Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. Lego My City 2 The Lego My City 2 game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 21 times. Lego Star Wars Differences The Lego Star Wars Differences game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego Star Wars Freemaker...
The Lego Star Wars Freemaker Adventure Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The The Freemakers Adventures game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 6 times. The Puzzle Hunter game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 4 times. DC Comics Super Heroes Team Up The DC Comics Super Heroes Team Up game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 11 times. The Lego Ninjago Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Superman game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 4 times. Lego Batman Two Face Chase The Lego Batman Two Face Chase game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 5 times. Lego Friends Art Maker The Lego Friends Art Maker game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Lego Ninjago Differences game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 6 times.
Lego Nexo Tic Tac Toe The Lego Nexo Tic Tac Toe game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 4 times. Lego Nexo Knight Puzzle The Lego Nexo Knight Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. Lego Nexo Memory Cards The Lego Nexo Memory Cards game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Nexo Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Nexo Lego Knights game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Ninjago Possession game it is part from Ninjago Games category and it was voted 26 times. Lego Porsche 918 Puzzle The Lego Porsche 918 Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Lego Porsche 911 game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Bejeweld game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Scooby Doo game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 3 times.
The Lego Kingdom game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. Lego Chima Crocodile Race The Lego Chima Crocodile Race game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 4 times. The Lego Airport game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 5 times. The Lego Chima Racing game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Lego Snowmobile 2 game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Lego Snowmobile game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. The Lego Motorcycle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Lego Ninjago Snake Town The Lego Ninjago Snake Town game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Killego game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 4 times. The Spiderman Lego Car game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 1 times. Guardians of the Galaxy Lego
The Guardians of the Galaxy Lego game it is part from Guardians of the Galaxy Games category and it was voted 2 times. The Ninjago Rebooted game it is part from Ninjago Games category and it was voted 34 times. Lego Ninjago Kai Mission The Lego Ninjago Kai Mission game it is part from Ninjago Games category and it was voted 17 times. The Bravenwolf Action game it is part from Tenkai Knights Games category and it was voted 2 times. The BravenWolf Run game it is part from Tenkai Knights Games category and it was voted 3 times. The Race to Redemption game it is part from Tenkai Knights Games category and it was voted 2 times. Marvel Super Hero Hulk The Marvel Super Hero Hulk game it is part from Hulk Games category and it was voted 4 times. The Lego City Racer game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times. Lego Chase McCain Puzzle The Lego Chase McCain Puzzle game it is part from Lego Games category and it was voted 2 times.