ANNIKA HULT - NEW DEPUTY CEO, STENA AB

As of 1 January 2021, Stena AB has a new Deputy CEO and her name is Annika Hult. With wide-ranging experience from various business areas, departments and locations within the Stena AB Group, Annika hopes to bring a profoundly commercial, inclusive and open approach to her new role.

STENA GROUP IT - GRADUATE PROGRAMME

With the help of a new graduate programme, Stena Group IT will be attracting newly graduated talent from colleges and universities. First out were Lina Asadi and Thimmy Bernvåg, hired as trainees in January of last year. The results have been a real boost both for them and the entire organization.

NTEX SWITCHES TO FOSSIL-FREE TRANSPORTS

NTEX, one of Sweden's largest privately owned transport and logistics companies, is now beginning investments in fossil-free vehicles. First out is a fully electric truck from Volvo Trucks that will be used for distribution in the Gothenburg region.

SPRING, WARM WEATHER AND VACCINE!

It's probably never felt nicer to leave a year behind as when we said goodbye to 2020 on New Year's Eve. It was great to turn the page and now I'm longing for spring, warm weather and vaccine. I long to meet my parents and I long for my husband's family and friends who live in Scotland and England. We haven't met since the autumn of 2019. Before all the rules and recommendations due to Corona and Brexit, it was easy to have family in two countries. Now it has become a challenge.

HOW IS EVERYONE?

The pandemic has affected all of us in many and different ways across the Stena Sphere. And the fact that it now has been going on for a year is very tough. Many challenges follow as a
consequence from the pandemic. Maria Holmberg, HR Director, Stena AB asked the HR Board to comment on the pandemic.

STENA PULSE

Modern leadership, an inclusive culture and strong values ​​create the best conditions for well-functioning teams, high drive and commitment.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2021

This year’s edition of World Economic Forum in Davos was very different from previous years. The political line-up was stellar, as usual. Key note addresses were made by Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Ursula von der Leyen and many others. This year’s theme was “The great reset”, but the underlying tone was rather “Can we regain trust in our ability to influence our future?”

LIVE, ACT AND BEHAVE LIKE A STENA EMPLOYEE

In turbulent times such as these, stability and a sense of community are of utmost importance. At Stena, our governing documents serve as the glue that holds our organisation together, providing a framework to enable us to live and act according to our shared company values.

THE NON-VIOLENCE PROJECT FOUNDATION

Stena and The Non-Violence Project Foundation continue and deepen their collaboration. In connection with UN Day on October 24, Stena and the Non-Violence Project Foundation announce an expanded collaboration on the international peace and non-violence symbol “The Knotted Gun”. Today, a unique series of sculptures was unveiled at Stena’s head office in Gothenburg. The sculptures are created from Stenanium®, a metal developed by Stena Recycling, produced from, among other things, recycled weapons.

NEW HR DIRECTOR STENA AB - MARIA HOLMBERG

Maria Holmberg began her duties as the new Director of People and Organizational Excellence for Stena AB on July 1. Maria Holmberg has extensive experience in organizational development and work with corporate culture and leadership, including serving as the HR Manager at Stena Property.

NEW DEPUTY CEO STENA AB - ANNIKA HULT

1 January 2021 Annika Hult, presently Trade Director Stena Line North Sea, will take up the role as Deputy CEO Stena AB.

COMPLIANCE

Compliance – that is, compliance with laws and regulations – is an important area that affects everyone who works at Stena. It is closely linked to Stena's values and is a part of the company's DNA. There are tremendous benefits in doing the right thing. Through compliance, both competitive advantages and professional pride are created among employees.

READY 4 ANYTHING

Navigating a rapidly changing, complex and uncertain world requires a special type of leadership. The course The Unknown Unknown, which is part of Stena's leadership program Ready 4 Anything, is about creating a platform and approach that allows us to prepare for things we don't even know we don't know.

CORONA PANDEMIC WILL END

Who could have believed that an organism smaller than 200 nanometers in diameter could turn the whole world upside down in less than a couple of months?

HARMONY AND TRANQUILITY

Pia Ålander receives me at her horse ranch outside Fjärås on one of the last sunny days of summer. Pia has been living here for nearly three months.

PEOPLE AND PROFIT

Many people I meet think that just because I am so interested in leadership and people, I don't care about profitability. That it should somehow be in the nature of things that one is at the expense of the other. But profitability is the very oxygen in an organization. Without oxygen we cannot live. However, the more the technology advances, the more important human qualities will be.

CHANGE - WINTER NETWORK MEETING

Winter network meeting 29 January in Gothenburg at Gothia Towers.

STENA AND SKF EXPLORE THE FUTURE TOGETHER

To succeed as a company in the future, you need to be brave, forward-looking, broad-minded and quick to acquire new knowledge. Now Stena and SKF are entering into a unique collaboration to develop their leaders in a joint leadership program. The starting point is the rapid changes connected to digitalisation and how to best meet the challenges and opportunities associated with it.

PEOPLE AND PROFIT

Many people I meet think that just because I am so interested in leadership and people, I don't care about profitability. That it should somehow be in the nature of things that one is at the expense of the other. But profitability is the very oxygen in an organization. Without oxygen we cannot live. However, the more the technology advances, the more important human qualities will be.

STENA AND SKF EXPLORE THE FUTURE TOGETHER

To succeed as a company in the future, you need to be brave, forward-looking, broad-minded and quick to acquire new knowledge. Now Stena and SKF are entering into a unique collaboration to develop their leaders in a joint leadership program. The starting point is the rapid changes connected to digitalisation and how to best meet the challenges and opportunities associated with it.

THE NETWORK ALWAYS WINS

Working with networks is an effective way of sharing knowledge and discovering new challenges and opportunities – which is absolutely crucial in an increasingly complex and fast-moving business environment. Through the program The Network Always Wins, which is a part of the leadership program Ready 4 Anything, Stena's leaders gain inspirational and educational insight into the benefits of the network approach.

PROUD OF STENA!

I'm proud when I take the ferry from Styrsö en route to Stena. Many in Gothenburg's southern archipelago have their livelihoods in fishing and shipping, and this is also where Stena has its roots. I am proud to be part of an organization that has a local history and global organization. I am also proud that we have “care” as one of our key words. But I am perhaps most proud of our long-term approach and our genuine commitment in everything we do.

COLLABORATION

On 9 October, 30 administrators from the entire Stena Sphere met in Gothenburg for team-building and to learn more about sustainability from a global perspective.

THE PORTRAIT - HANNA JOSEFSSON

Hanna Josefsson has always liked problem solving and technical challenges. For nearly a year now, she has headed Core Business Solutions at Stena Group IT, which is responsible for the operation and administration of around 100 strategically important business systems within Stena.

Dan Sten Olsson

For 2019 most of our business units have improved their situations and positions in the market.

WELLNESS

Robert Ericsson at Stena Group IT does a lot of downhill skiing in the winter, but one spring as the season was drawing to an end, he felt he needed something else. He chose mountain biking (MTB).

STAYING TRUE TO WHO WE ARE

We are proud of our past, rightfully so. Stena is a fantastic company that has grown and evolved over decades. However, we know that we cannot rely only on the recipe of a proud past to safeguard also a promising future. Especially now, when the world around us is changing rapidly, where do we find the right answers? And how to make sure we do not get lost in our search for the right paths to take? My belief is that our challenge is not primarily about finding the right answers, it must start by asking ourselves the right questions. To be curious, brave and look beyond the obvious.

DONSÖ SHIPPING MEET

Donsö Shipping Meet was created to promote Swedish shipping internationally. In contrast to other events, the highest priority is on encounters between people and opportunities to establish genuine contacts. For three days, 2,000 visitors and 250 exhibitors gathered on Donsö – a small island in the Gothenburg archipelago, where Stena originated.

A GIFT TO BELFAST FROM THE OLSSON FAMILY

THE City of Belfast has been warmly welcomed into an illustrious group of locations around the world that have embraced The Knotted Gun sculpture and its supporting organisation, the Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVPF).

Dan Sten Olsson

Namely
- to take into account the complexity or the two-sidedness, (the duality) of everything
- to nevertheless act decisively by
- being simple, fast and brave.

GÖTEBORGSVARVET

Göteborgsvarvet 2019. Great atmosphere when over 200 runners from the Stena AB Group and the Stena Metall Group achieved goals with good results.

#BINFORGREENSEAS

Stena is supporting the BinForGreenSeas Project tackling marine plastics - By Bobby Khan.

Dan Sten Olsson

Every year meets its fair share of events. Some seem to be remarkable as they arrive. Others turn out not to be so remarkable in retrospect. This year we have taken big steps into being active in logistics, which, I believe, will remain a remarkable step forward.

WHAT’S GOING ON?

The album “What’s going on?” was released in 1971 by Marvin Gaye. It was a huge hit and was voted one of the greatest albums of all time. Why? Well Marvin Gaye voiced some of the big concerns of his generation – the Vietnam war, inequalities and environmental pollution. And people listened.

STENA CARBON DAYS

Stena aims to meet the world’s demand for emission reductions with innovative solutions and collaboration. This emerged from the discussions at Stena Carbon Days.

Dan Sten Olsson

Christmas is a time for reflections and new objectives for all of us. Personally I spent the time to reflect and rework my little white book again. This is the ninth edition and we still need to keep on learning. What is new and hopefully true this time?

FIFTH TIME LUCKY...

Is there anything more uniting than an arch rival? When Sweden’s women’s team in the cross-country skiing relay was on the starting line in the World Cup, Sweden had only atained silver in the four most recent World Cup races. Always defeatedby Norway.

REFLECTIONS FROM DAVOS

The World Economic Forum was founded in 1971 by a professor of economics who wanted to gather important stakeholders for the purpose of informing, discussing and developing action plans for the benefit of the world. The purpose is summarized in the goal formulation: "Committed to improving the state of the world". Over the years, the forum has grown to become an important and unique meeting place in business life and between companies, political decision makers and research, often represented by interest groups. Everyone is not welcome, it is by invitation only.

GAIN OR DRAIN

Being able to create, transfer and leverage energy is one of the most important challenges a leader faces. To be able to do it, you need to first understand what motivates both yourself and others. This forms the starting point of the module Gain or Drain, which is a part of Stena's leadership program, Ready 4 Anything (R4A), and is designed for all leaders in Stena.

A JOINTLY OWNED COMPANY

On Wednesday, February 27, Stena and Glovis signed an agreement that now results in a jointly owned company named Stena Glovis.

FOR SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE!

18 assistants and coordinators from Stena's Swedish companies participated in the Winter Network meeting on the 23rd of January in Gothenburg, with Nanna Gillberg from Gothenburg University and Per Wimby from Stena Teknik holding lectures.

JOINT CRISIS WORK

Our society is becoming increasingly vulnerable and the risk of being subjected to various types of crises has increased. As a company, it is no longer a question of if you will experience a crisis – but rather when. But by being well prepared, you have a good chance of minimizing the damage. With this in mind, Stena AB has initiated joint crisis work across the entire Group.

YOGA PROVIDES BALANCE

Ann-Charlotte Ytterberg started with yoga in the early 2000s. Since then there's been a whole lot of yoga classes. Today, she also does yoga at home once a week.

A BRAND WORTH NURTURING

"Caring for Stena's strong brand is without a doubt incredibly important", says Staffan Hultgren, Vice President of Stena AB. "It generates business benefits and large values. Yes, its importance to our ‘bottom line’ is an undoubted fact, and therefore it is also very important that we nurture the brand and use it in such a way that we deliver the value that has been built up over the years", emphasises Staffan.

CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION

Dan Sten Olsson

It is tough to be a profit-driven company, when all our oil-related shipping and offshore drilling activities are creating enormous losses. Nevertheless that is the business we have chosen to be in and huge fluctuations are the natural norm for this type of activities. Our striving over the years to reduce the impact of these fluctuations has only been marginally successful.

SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP

To be able to create added value in a rapidly changing world and unlock the potential of the digital transformation currently in progress, we must acquire knowledge from several different sources. At the same time, it is important to focus fully on our current business. An important part of the solution is networking and collaboration – both internally at Stena but above all with external parties.

NEW WAYS OF WORKING DELIVER SUCCESS

Stena has a long tradition of entrepreneurship and innovative work, which will continue to be important to develop in the future. In a world where the rate of change is increasingly rapid and where new business opportunities are being created with new technology, companies will need to be good at developing their existing business at the same time as they have the ability to create business opportunities in new business areas with new technology. If we are to be able to successfully handle both, we will need to develop our leadership and ways of working.

STENA LEADERS’ MENU

Using the new training and inspiration forum Stena Leaders’ Menu, leaders and specialists can find inspiration and training courses/programs in a variety of areas. Several new courses/programs that enable leaders and specialists to develop themselves will start up during the autumn.

COLOMBIA

At the Maritime Historical Society, Club Maritim in Göteborg, building a Stena archive through pictures and words is in progress. There is a lot of interest both outside and within the sphere of both older and newer vessels. Lennart Ramsvik and Morgan Rittedal are responsible for archival work. These articles will be exclusive for SfärNytt Online Magazine.

"THE PARAGRAPH VESSELS"

At the Maritime Historical Society, Club Maritim in Gothenburg, building a Stena archive through pictures and words is in progress. There is a lot of interest both outside and within the sphere of both older and newer vessels. Lennart Ramsvik and Morgan Rittedal are responsible for archival work. These articles will be exclusive for SfärNytt Online Magazine.

EMMA HAS HER DREAM JOB – WORKING WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Since autumn 2012, Emma Aaben has been the coordinator for sustainability work at Stena AB.

SPHERE FORUM 2018

STENA SPHERE FORUM 13-16 SEPTEMBER 2018 IN HALMSTAD, SWEDEN

GÖTEBORGSVARVET & GÖTEBORGSGIROT

THIS IS HOW EMPLOYEES AND THE BUSINESS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

Next year, a new leadership program will be started for a further 100 employees. In addition, a “Leader’s menu” will be created with complementary programs, seminars and courses.

Dan Sten Olsson

How to have the courage to challenge – making the best better! Stena is a seventy-nine year old organization surviving foremost by focus on care, results, quality and collaboration. For the future that is not enough.

MENTOR PROGRAM

THIS YEAR'S MENTORING PROGRAM HAS STARTED!

READY FOR ANYTHING

Leaders in Stena are responsible for advancing their business, their team and themselves, which requires new skills in a constantly changing world, with new needs and expectations arising both within and outside Stena. The new leadership program, Ready for Anything (R4A), is a step further on the path towards developing Stena leaders’ ability to seize future opportunities. The program is divided into six modules and is designed for leaders and their teams at Stena.

Risks and opportunities in sustainability work

The focus at this spring’s QSE meeting (Quality, Safety & Environment) on 17-18 April was on “Risks and opportunities” where both parts need to be taken into account in order to make sustainability work even better

Dan Sten Olsson

At last the Oil Price enables the oil companies to make money on new projects leading to employment of our floating drilling units.

NETWORKING MEETING WITH A FOCUS ON COLLABORATION

On 31 January, a networking meeting for Stena’s assistants and secretaries was held in Gothenburg. The aim of the meeting was – as always – to learn something new, get to know each other and exchange experiences for smoother collaboration in everyday work.

WELLNESS

Sleep is necessary for the recovery of both the brain and the body and one of the most common reasons for disturbed sleep is stress. If you are very wound up, stress mechanisms are triggered and you can find it difficult to relax or achieve a good quality of sleep. If, in addition, you also think about not being able to sleep, you wind up your body even more, which makes you even more tense and stressed about not being able to sleep. Below, we have gathered some advice about what you can do to sleep better.

IMPRESSIONS FROM DAVOS

Again it was time for the big global meeting in Davos. What is being discussed and determined among so many influential people reflects and will most likely affect the world during the coming year.

A MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE BOUGHT EVERY DAY ALL OVER THE WORLD

STENA TAKES IT PLACE AT THE CENTRE OF THE MARITIME CLUSTER IN COPENHAGEN

Shipping is high on the agenda in the Danish Government’s growth plan and many years of ambitious investments are now producing results. The country has risen to fifth place among the world’s maritime nations as regards gross tonnage. Apart from the advantages of being in just this dynamic location, the closeness to Kastrup and Europe just around the corner have naturally influenced Stena’s decision to open a new office in Copenhagen.