OUR SERVICES
Our intercultural consulting and coaching solutions are designed to address the needs of different types of clients. From businesses and organizations to individuals, you’ll find a solution that will make international transitions easier.
We help in navigating the sometimes perilous waters of intercultural interactions, managing multicultural teams, and supporting your international talent.
We help you in your desire to re-invent yourself or your career at the time of international transitions.
Finnwards is also your guide for success in a culturally connected life in Finland.
Our expertise
Global dexterity
Global Dexterity is a method that helps you succeed in cross-cultural situations in a manner that feels authentic to you. We train corporations and coach individuals in this method.
Brain-based coaching
Our coaching approach is called brain-based coaching. It stems from current understandings of how our brains work.
Finnish working life
Our cultural-specific trainings and online courses are focused on Finland, the native country of our founders Minna and Heidi.
WE BELIEVE THAT
intercultural encounters are not always straightforward or easy
You often hear said that despite our superficial differences we are all the same underneath. We, however, believe that all of us are different but that difference doesn’t categorize us. Instead, it makes us interesting. We appreciate differences, strive to understand them and learn to communicate and succeed despite them.
international transitions change who you are
Whether you want it or not, an international transition will change you. It will change how you view yourself and the way that you view others. But we also believe that you can be in charge of that change process. A transition like this gives you the opportunity to re-invent yourself and your life if you so desire. Let us walk with you during your journey of transition.
having correct information helps
No matter whether you are going through an international transition yourself or managing a global team, having correct information helps you succeed. That information can be factual information about a specific country or culture but it can also be information about how we as humans react to change and difference. No matter if you participate in one of our online self-guided courses, live workshops, or coaching, you can always trust that the information we base our services on is well-researched and up to date.
ABOUT US
Minna is trained in Brain-Based Coaching and a certified Global Dexterity Trainer. Her academic studies have focused on understanding different cultures and currently her research interests focus on interaction. She has been extensively involved in international recruitment in her professional livesin Finland.
Her brand name, Finnwards, is a play with words.
Finnward’s mission is to increase the intercultural capabilities of Finnish organizations and to help internationals in Finland find their place on the Finnish job market. Finnwards want to make sure that the recruitment of international talent is successful both from the point of view of the recruiting company and of the talent themselves. Finnwards believe that international talent need accurate information about topics that will help them integrate and create their own unique way of living a Finnish life.
don't take our word for it
I would recommend the services of Finnwards to all foreign professionals coming to work in Finland. In fact, I would recommend the tutorial "Working in Finland" for everyone working here. Even Finns would benefit from it!
The team of Finnwards is the real deal! I will never forget the way our family of four was guided through unexpected hitches on both sides of the Atlantic. Minna’s unwavering kindness, cheerful energy, and wealth of inside knowledge made putting new roots in Finland easy and fun.
Minna has a very profound experience in international mobility and a very keen sense of cultural difference - her insightful (and witty) appraisals of Finnish professional environments, social conventions, traditions and history helped me to adapt to my new home more quickly.
You [Minna] are a trainer by vocation and this makes the difference. You excel in teaching, giving advice, supporting, inspiring and challenging and this is what any student would like to meet in his/her educational journeys.
