What motivates you to go the extra mile?

To me, it is so important to be myself at work and not pretend to be something else. At the beginning of my career, this was not the case, and the energy and agony that was spent on not being myself, was really tough.

As I have grown older, I am hopefully a bit wiser, and I am able to focus my energy on things that are more in line with who I am and my preferences. When colleagues appreciate my strengths and challenges and want to collaborate on tasks and projects that we find interesting and important for Hydro, I am willing to go that extra mile.

Which of Hydro’s values mean the most to you and why?

Care means the most to me. I think if we all care for each other’s well-being, and make sure that we are safe at work in all aspects, this will create a great atmosphere and we will be able to use our energy and ideas to the maximum, both personally and also for Hydro.

Collaboration is a good number two, as I think we will not be able to reach the greatest results on our own, but by working together. This is what enables us to move the needle inch by inch.

What makes our company a great place to work?

I must say that my great colleagues that I see every day are most important to me. Also, to meet new colleagues in different Hydro locations or departments and learn about our business makes my work in Hydro worthwhile and rewarding. I also like the empowerment that is given to us as employees with all the trust and flexibility, even though it can be very busy at times.

How would you describe our company culture? 

I think our culture is best described through our values and behaviors. We have a caring culture in general, perhaps courage is something we need to work even more on in order to dare to try new things, to share more of our stories and to explore to find even better solutions.

Collaboration is great within the teams, but I think that we have a lot of potential to collaborate even more across units and environments. There is a lot of “good stuff” being done in different locations, and if we had even better processes in getting this known to other units, that would give us so much tail wind.