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Multicultural Meetings: Do you speak up?
...be confusing for us as adults, especially in the world of work. Especially at meetings, even more so at ... internationalization,multicultural meetings,working in norway, Working in Norway As children, we’re often to taught...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 22 2018 -
How to Explain a [Hole/Gap] in Your CV
...a course, I don’t often correct anyone’s English. In fact, just the opposite – when starting out, I emphasize ... to get a grammar-free experience. We’re not back in grammar school English … CV writing skills,cv writing...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 11 2018 -
The Italian Job: Network(ing) Failure at Its Finest
The scene was a cathedral fellowship hall in Bologna, Italy in September last year. My chamber choir was ... LinkedIn profile,Norwegian business culture, Working in Norway Sometimes I really bomb at this networking...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 23 2018 -
Norway: Happy OL Medal Count = Happy Norwegian Manager?
OL statistics: Norway now holds a superior lead in the medal count Yes, little Norway, with a population ... winning the 2018 Winter Olympics, or as they … Norway medals OL 2018,Norwegian humor,Norwegian workplace...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 19 2018 -
Competitive Conversation: Fighting the Phone
...phones? Picture the scene: You’re at a big work-related dinner in a big hotel dining room, where the terrible ... international workplace,networking skills,working in norway, Working in Norway What is it with people and their...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 12 2018 -
Business Culture Clash: What’s in a (LinkedIn) photo?
...surprise me. Was running yet another LinkedIn course in Norway last week, and had gotten to the point where I ... Norwegian culture,Norwegian workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway People’s preferences about what’s...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 8 2018 -
Integration in Norway: Mimicking or mocking a foreign accent?
...yesterday. Hearing the doorbell ring down the hall at work, I’d gone to open up for a man arriving for a meeting ... integration in Norway,integration tips,intercultural communication,living in Norway,working in norway, Working...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 1 2018 -
Working in Norway: What’s your added value?
Have we in Norway (over) enhanced becoming an entrepreneur as the only way to make it in business? “Value ... headline in The Scotsman announcing: Record number of Scots want to … innovation in Norway,international...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 19 2018 -
Integration: How to Move to Norway
If you’ve moved to Norway, learn something about Norway. Then tell Norwegians what you’ve learned. As ... before moving here. I was certainly no expert on the ins and outs of Norwegian life before getting off the...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 12 2018 -
Integration as International Business: Are you the buyer or the seller?
...recent session of … globalization,integration in Norway,integration tips,intercultural commnication,international ... international workplace, Working in Norway When I was teaching at a regional business school several years...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 6 2018 -
Mars and Venus: (Not) Talking to Strangers in Norway
...at an event arranged by my women’s network in southern Norway. New to the region, she started telling me ... nobody spoke to her out in public. She gave the example of … Working in Norway Not long ago, I was having...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 29 2017 -
Integrating in Norway: Why you should join a volunteer board
One of the fastest ways to integrate yourself in society here is to join a volunteer board. I didn’t ... living in Norway,Norwegian language,Norwegian workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway One of the...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 21 2017 -
Working in Norway: Don’t Say “Hello” in the Morning
...most important unwritten rule in Norwegian workplace, which all work in Norway is based on? Readers were ... norwegian model,the Norwegian workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway I was recently on a website where...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 6 2017 -
Integration: What does it mean to you?
...was quickly brought up by one of the non-Norwegians in the classroom. Except that he didn’t call it that ... international workplace,living in Norway,working in norway, Working in Norway Just where are you at on integrating...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 17 2017 -
Integration in Norway: Find Your Tribe
...different people – in this case non-Norwegians attending my Intercultural Communication at Work course – think ... integration in Norway,international workplace,internationalization,living in Norway, Working in Norway We were...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 10 2017 -
North Sea Decommissioning: Norway’s New Oil Adventure?
...presentation two months ago about how oil-producing Norway was handling its recent economic downturn. Not ... myself, I was easily impressed … job opportunities in Norway,North Sea decommissioning,Norwegian economy,Norwegian...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 3 2017 -
When Rude Isn’t Rude: Norway Scores Third Person Shutout
A shutout (US) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. I teach a course ... course called ‘Living in Norway’ for people new to the country. Its main aim is that by the time they walk...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 27 2017 -
Job Applications: Why Do You Seek Approval?
...international workplace,job search,job seeking, Working in Norway I’m teaching my CV/cover letter writing course ... instruction: Why do you seek their approval? ‘Their’ in this case refers to the recruiter(s) reading the...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 22 2017 -
Tell me: What’s the short version of your (working) life?
...do at work? When holding courses for foreign-born people like myself who are working in Norway, I advise ... communication,international workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway Have you ever thought about practicing...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 15 2017 -
Making New Connections: (How to) Write a LinkedIn Message
...international workplace,job seeking,LinkedIn profile, Working in Norway You need to write a message every time you ... accepting the increasing number of requests coming up in their profile and/or e-mail inbox. Have spoken with...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 4 2017 -
Your LinkedIn Summary: Be Smart, Write Smart
...another one of my LinkedIn courses last week, this time in Oslo, I told the people there that I most often get ... inspiration for blog writing from something that’s said in class. This evening was no exception; I headed back...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 24 2017 -
First Impressions and Foreigners: Which Language Should You Speak?
Intercultural Communication in the Workplace – held last week in Stavanger, Norway, a comment that generated ... generated the session’s most lively … integration in Norway,intercultural communication,international workplace...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 17 2017 -
Here’s Looking at You, Norway…and Norden
...would involve talking about working in Norway. But we’d … Working in Norway Is Oscar Wilde’s phrase about ... during class that would involve talking about working in Norway. But we’d already talked quite a bit about...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 10 2017 -
LinkedIn: Tell the Truth (Please), Part Two
...about our own life and work experience in this one-page stylized format. ‘It’ in this … CV writing skills ... workplace,LinkedIn profile,self-awareness, Working in Norway It happened again. Call me an overly critical...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 28 2017 -
LinkedIn Titles: Tell the Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Please)
...writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired ... fiction, for where would great stories come … Working in Norway When you study literature, you quickly hear...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 18 2017