Bilfinger Industry Company, start-up incubator and leadership training

The Bilfinger Industry Company has taken the practical approach of organizing its business processes almost complete bilingually into Norwegian and Polish. The city has a business start-up incubator which recruits from the university and 50% per year of 20 students are of foreign-origin. The Global Future project (coordinated by the Norwegian Confederation of Enterprise) is active in enabling talented minority graduates to find employment in established Norwegian companies. Guided by the Chamber of Commerce , the Confederation of Norwegian enterprises organises expatriate leadership training in which about 20 CEOs of leading enterprises in the Stavanger area participate as coaches. This project appears to be successful: two thirds of the participants change career and achieve promotion after participating. This cross-cultural training appears to contribute positively towards the attitude of both the trainees and the coaches.