Webinar

NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE ARCTIC

This webinar gives an introduction to a leadership programme for new and upcoming leaders in the Arctic. Inspired by stories from leaders in Greenland and Arctic Norway and the Arctic nature and culture. The three parts of the webinar were recorded in 2025.

Part 1

Personal Leadership

PART 1 is the an introduction to the topic of personal leadership. We focus on the individual leader’s personal leadership and on Greenlandic, Nordic and Sami values and traditions understood as a nuanced entity. The leader learns to create a foundation from which to lead and to motivate.

Hosts and Speaker: Jens Larsen and Eva Ritter, Ph.D.

CONTENT
  • Personal and local values
  • Storytelling and communication
  • Flexibility and resilience

Part 2

 Relational Leadership

In PART 2, we give you an introduction to working with communication and relations in Arctic leadership. Focus is on facilitating transformative conversations about social taboos, creating teams with high collective intelligence and seeing the whole person.

Hosts and Speaker: Jens Larsen and Eva Ritter, Ph.D.

CONTENT
  • Facilitating transformative conversations
  • Creating teams with high collective intelligence
  • Building trust

Part 3

Strategic Leadership

The goal of PART 3 ist to give an introduction to the Arctic leader’s ability to execute and work strategically and create innovation together with his team and local stakeholders. Arctic leaders must focus on the future and development of the Arctic and how they can strengthen competence development.

Hosts and speakers: Jens Larsen and Eva Ritter, Ph.D.

CONTENT
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Activating local networks through storytelling
  • Stetegic competence development