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.
Dr Mark McKergow is co-director of sfwork – The Centre for Solutions Focus at Work, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He is an international consultant, speaker and author. Many people around the world have been inspired by his work in Solutions Focus – presented wth his inimitable blend of scientific rigour and performance pizzazz. Mark was instrumental in starting the SOLWorld network of organisational SF practitioners in 2002. He is a reviewed SFiO contributor and supervises coaches and SF practitioners.
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.
Simon Lee is Managing Partner and Master Executive Coach of BRIEF Academy. He is one of Asia’s pioneer executive coaches specializing in Higher Ground Leadership and Solution Focused Brief Coaching. He has over 25 years of business management experience and works with organizations to provide innovative solutions that illuminate the strengths of leaders to propel positive change.
Simon has presented internationally and across many cultures having done work in Japan, China, Egypt, Canada and across all Asian countries. He has trained more than 10,000 managers and senior leaders on strength-based approaches and is a Mentor Coach to aspiring internal Corporate Coaches.
SolutionSurfers® Deutschland Founder, Coach Trainer, Executive Coach, Leadership Expert
Being a passionate SF Coach, a future oriented leadership driven mind and a soul that continues to be inspired by the human experience, Stephanie deeply cares about Coaching and Leadership and all the connections that are created when you mix them and create inspiring and meaningful learning experiences for everyone involved.
In 2016, she founded SolutionSurfers® Germany, a Coaching Institute that provides coaching certification courses in Germany. In addition, she supports Top Leaders and their teams on their growth journey towards a more skillful, purpose-driven and future oriented leadership approach.
Viktor is an internal OD consultant, trainer and coach at Vodafone Hungary. His main focuses are leadership programmes, (brief) coaching, team coaching, agile, change management and team effectiveness.