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\u201cFinnish and German culture, communication and business practice: So similar and still surprisingly different\u201c<\/em><\/h4>\n

Birgit Griese-Saarinen has been working as an intercultural trainer and coach since 2000. As a German living in Finland, she is an expert by experience in the field of immigration. In addition to intercultural training focused on Finland and Germany, she has therefore also specialized in expat training. Her professional experiences in human resources, import operations, the management of a wide range of projects, and comprehensive pedagogical training ensure interactive training content tailored to clients\u2019 specific needs.Her many years of training, coaching, and consulting experience cover all hierarchical levels in the DACH countries and in Finland. Her service portfolio spans a wide variety of customer segments and more than 20 industries\u2014from technology start-ups and hospitality institutions to the German-Finnish maritime cluster.<\/p>\n

Finland\u2019s pioneering role in digitalization, Nordic leadership, and the happiness factors of the country of the \u201chappy Finns\u201d are just a few aspects that can create diverse synergies in cooperation with this \u201cexotic\u201d northern country.<\/p>\n

In addition to German and English, the certified trainer also speaks Swedish and fluent Finnish, enabling her to support Finnish counterparts in their native language.<\/p>\n

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Key Training and Consulting Aspects<\/h4>\n

Birgit Griese-Saarinen is specialized in business consulting and intercultural training in cooperations, projects and merging processes between Germany and Finland<\/p>\n

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  • Intercultural Trainings Germany<\/li>\n
  • Intercltural Trainings Finland<\/li>\n
  • Intercultural Consulting<\/li>\n
  • Intercultural Teambuilding<\/li>\n
  • Expatriate-Trainings Finland\/Germany<\/li>\n
  • Intercultural Sensitization<\/li>\n
  • Intercultural (Individual) Coaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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