Jody Merrelle is a British/Finnish solution focused therapist, coach and lecturer with her own practice in Finland. A former disc jockey as well as a barrister, she is also a mother of seven children.
Juha Turpeinen works in the public sector and is interested in developing the ability to change. At the moment especially, the insight and promotion of the OKR model, as well as the promotion of a self- and community-driven work culture, are key issues on his desk. A dialogical and relaxed way of working comes naturally to him as he explores how to get even more out of creative dialogue in work communities.
Katja Kiiski is a self-employed coach, supervisor and consultant. She is a Master of Social Sciences and he has studied and completed a degree in coaching and supervision at Helsinki University Centre for Continuing Education. Katja has used solution focused approach almost ten years first in many developmental projects and recently in coaching for workplaces, groups and individuals.
Reviewed piece of SF work: SF Group Supervision (January 2015 – May 2016) The group consisted of four participants working in a three-year project dealing with Social and Health Care. Solution Focused supervision was especially ordered for the last year of the project to support project implementation and assessment, goal achievement as well as strengthening the team before the end of the project. On one hand the process proceeded as usual, on the other hand as the project lasted eight months longer than planned, many unexpected matters occurred, especially in the thoughts and feelings of the participants and the supervisor.
Lari Karreinen works as an independent consultant at Karreinen.org to help people to good participation, meaningful discussions and finding the solutions they need. For this he uses solution focused coaching and facilitation.
He’s especially interested in leadership development in situations with low hierarchy and informal leadership, such as networks and volunteer leadership. The clients are leaders and teams who believe in participatory leadership and continuous learning.
The beginning of Lari’s lifelong learning journey consists of Master of Social Sciences, qualification in adult pedagogy, and degree in solution focused coaching in Helsinki University, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education. But this is just a beginning.
Mari Juote-Pesonen works as a trainer, coach and educational specialist at University of Helsinki Palmenia Centre for continuing Education. She designs and delivers training and development programs and applies solution focused ideas widely in her work. She is also a mindfulness teacher.
Reviewed Piece of Work: HRD-Team development process (2012) The piece of work was carried out with a small HRD-team in a public organization. The aim of the process was to support change process of the team. The process lasted for six months including five half of a day workshops. The goal was to provide a co-creation process in which the HRD-team could co-construct its own desired future and appropriate work procedures. In addition, the team members wanted to learn and develop their individual facilitation skills and create new HRD-products. I was privileged to work during the process with my solution focused colleague and coach Kerttu Autio from Turku University.
Dr Marika Tammeaid is a Solution-Focused Coach, developer and leadership trainer, currently working as the Director of Development at the Finnish, Itla Children’s Foundation. Previously she was responsible for designing and leading the “Route for renewal” public sector leadership training courses at the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Marika worked for a long time as Development Manager and Special Advisor in the Ministry of Finance and State Treasury as well as the Director of Nordic Council of Ministers Representation in Estonia. She has contributed to several international development and assessment projects.
Netta is a recently graduated Master in Administrative Sciences who is interested in sustainability reporting and promoting The Sustainable Development Goals. 🌎
Peter Sundman, BA, clinical social worker, licensed super-visor (STL), Coach (SFCT), Advanced level SF psychotherapist (State licence), board member of European Brief Therapy Association (EBTA), founding member of TaitoBa network in Helsinki, Finland
Reviewed piece of SF work: From Degradation to Fame This coaching was special to me as a coach, because the customer’s goal for the coaching was to survive from a devastating degradation she had recently experienced as a middle manager in a public service work place. At the end of our work on it, one and a half years later, she not only survived, but also became known nationwide for the success in her work! So, this review gave me the chance to learn more about what might have made the difference. The coaching involved helping the customer to handle the continuous degrading behavior from the management, building a team to do the work at her new workplace, developing the work content in a way she and her team believed in and expanding personal and family resources. The customer had been successful in her work already before, but none of us could have predicted how well she came out of her ordeal. From my perspective as a coach, as well as the overall goal, it was helpful to have an open mind for new possibilities the customer could explore and to have a step-by-step view of the progress she made.
Riitta Salminen is a Solution Focused Coach and Work Counsellor. She works as a Leadership Coach and Career Coach at HRM Partners Ltd. She has studied and completed the degree in coaching at Helsinki University, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education.
“I believe you are the best expert on your own life and desires. That is why you know the best solutions and answers for your own questions. As a Coach I would like to help you discover your hidden potential and resources, find new points of view as well as fresh ways of thinking and acting. My sales, marketing and leadership experience enables me to understand the needs of business operations.”
Continuous development has always been the key value of Sari’s life. As an HR Manager and Solution Focused Coach Sari is passionate to pro-actively translate business needs into HR solutions and act as a change agent in the organization. Sari Nousiainen acts as a solution focused coach in her own work community as part of the HR Manager role. Sari specializes in Coach implementations of business leaders and managers. In addition to coaching, Sari utilizes Solution Focus in her own day-to-day work and life. Solution Focused is not just training for her, she lives it every day.