Leadership Stories
The interviews on this page are part of the project YOUR STORY OUR FUTURE – Defining Arctic Leadership where experienced and skilled leaders in the Arctic give new and future leaders the courage to create positive social and sustainable change.
The interviews were carried out by Jens Larsen and Dr. Eva Ritter in Nuuk in November 2023.
Nivi Christensen, Director of the Art Museum in Nuuk, Greenland. She explains why she appreciates the diversity of her staff in her role as a leader. And she talks about the importance to acknowledge that factors like the weather or private issues affect how we feel and perform at work.
Nivi Christensen
Museum Director, Nuuk Art Museum
To see the English subtitles, open the video in YouTube.
Poul Petersen, Development Manager at the Sports Confederation of Greenland, gives his personal take on leadership. He mentions, among other things, close relationships, ambitions, realism, and inspiration from nature.
Poul Petersen
Sports Confederation of Greenland, Nuuk
To see the English subtitles, open the video in YouTube.
"We have to be equal in my business," says master painter Amalie Kleemann from Nuuk.
She also talks about how she handled the stress that comes with being self-employed and what it takes to start as a self-employed person.
Amalie Kleemann
Company owner, painting company, Nuuk
To see the English subtitles, open the video in YouTube.
Sponsors
The project YOUR STORY OUR FUTURE – Defining Arctic Leadership is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers with the ‘Nordic Arctic Cooperation Programme’.
