Working with Norwegians

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Episode description

If you know someone who likes to complain about everything, tell them to try working with Norwegians. Norwegians are generally perceived as highly tolerant, and you won't often hear them complain. 

"Bad weather, you say? Just put on more clothes. Too much snow? Just put on your skis."

In this first episode of the Working With Us podcast, you will learn about how it really is to work with those from Norway. 

2 Norwegians, your host Paul Arnesen, global recruiter, and Intercultural trainer Karin Ellis has a light and non-technical conversation about how it is to work with them and the people from their culture. 

About the guest

Karin is the founder and CEO of the Norwegian intercultural educational company Ellis Culture. ellisculture.com.

She is an educated IT engineer with more than 30 years of professional experience working for some of Norway's most significant international companies.

She was born and raised in Norway and has been a leader for multicultural teams in Norway and globally in countries such as Ukraine, India, England, Malaysia and Tanzania.‍

As a result, she has developed a unique understanding of what it means to work with Norwegians. Since 2008 she has been an educator and cultural trainer for companies and job seekers worldwide looking to learn more about work and life in Norway.‍

The courses she has developed on work in Norway have been attended by several thousand people and are very popular at Norwegian universities. In addition, her books about working with Norwegians and applying for jobs in Norway, which you can find on ellisculture.com or on Amazon, have been translated into several languages and is an excellent guide to "the Norwegian" in the workplace. She has also developed e-learning courses "Working with Norwegians" and "Applying for jobs in Norway", which can be found on ellisculture.com.

In addition to being the CEO of Ellis Culture, Karin Ellis has been the Honorary Consul of Estonia in Bergen since 2014.

Find Karin on Facebook and LinkedIn by looking for Ellis Culture or visiting he