Insights and reflections about being a couple with different cultural background.
Bilingual book: Russian and English.
The book “My Russian Wife” is not a typical book about love and romance. It is about how you build a loving and lasting relationship despite of differences, but the book also contains insights about several aspects that are just as relevant for business as for the personal life.
Quotes from the book
“My experience is that women are very easy to win over if ... ”
“Isn’t it boring to live in Switzerland?”
“But you don’t have berezka (birch trees) here, don’t you miss the Russian berezka?!”
“A nice, long and complicated toast will always be highly regarded.”
“Being a Russian mother also means believing your child is always on the brink of starvation.”
“When did you kiss mama for the first time?”
Kjetil Sandermoen, global strategic management consultant, founder of the University of Fredericton and Sandermoen School of Business. Sandermoen School of Business provides graduate programs (MBA and EMBA).
Former Principal Associate and Professional Director of the Adizes Institute.
Facilitated major change programs in companies leading to vastly improved business performance, advising CEO and senior management teams.
Kjetil has worked globally since 1987, in 23 countries at 5 continents, with companies in all kinds of industries and in both the private and public sector.
He speaks and works fluently in five languages.
He holds a degree in Economics from Karlstad University, Sweden.
Author of the book "Organisational Structure - Making Strategy Happen" (ISBN 978-3-9524745-2-5) and "Management Consulting. The Why, What and How"
Kjetil Sandermoen was born in Norway in 1956. Now he lives in Zug, Switzerland with his family.
If you want to know more, see: www.sandermoen.com