Patricia Crazzolara is a Career & Business Coach (EMCC Senior Practitioner, ICF ACC) with a 25-year background as an international leader and global communications expert. She works with individuals and teams globally to help them gain clarity, unlock strengths, and navigate change with confidence. Based in Germany, Patricia works in English and German.
Sirkkaliisa Heimonen works as a Sector Manager at the Age Institute. She has a PhD in Psychology. She has special expertise in geropsychology and has worked in this field for over 20 years. Sirkkaliisa’s current interest is mental well-being of old people and ways to support it. Sirkkaliisa has learned Solution Focused Coaching in the Palmenia Center of the University of Helsinki. Sirkkaliisa has used solution focused approach and coaching in training for professionals and organizations as well as a frame of developmental projects.
Stanus Cloete has 30 years of life coaching experience and started doing business coaching in November 2008 when he established Agosolf Coaching. He studied with SF Work in the UK during 2009 and obtained his SFPro Certificate with Mark McKergow and Jenny Clark of SF Work. He is a member of SOLWorld as well as COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa).
Reviewed piece of SF work ATeam Tease: a one and a half day team motivation workshop with a South African hair salon, building team relationships between stylists and proprietors – July 2010 At the end of 2009 I was contacted by the proprietor and manager of two hair salons with the request for a team motivation workshop for their hair stylists. The prioprietor is a patent lawyer and the manager a hair stylist. She manages both salons. They provide an upmarket hair salon for men although they have many female customers.
Since 1996 working for software company SAP in various positions - Solution Management, Custom Development, Partner Management, Risk Management and Transformation. | ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), since 2012 working as a Coach with more than 100 internal and external clients. | Worked as a Leadership Coach over a period of seven month in Bangalore. | Degree in Electronics and Economics & Business Administration | Austrian, loves skiing.
The Summary Steve de Shazer was one of the key figures in developing the Solution Focused approach. His work, alongside Insoo Kim Berg, shifted attention from problems to possibilities, shaping practice across therapy, coaching, and organisational work.
“Problem talk creates problems. Solution talk creates solutions.”
— Steve de Shazer
About Steve de Shazer Steve de Shazer (25 June 1940, Milwaukee – 11 September 2005, Vienna) was a psychotherapist, author, and one of the pioneers of the Solution Focused approach.
Sukanya Wignaraja is a counselor and coach with over 20 years of experience working with individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds across the UK, the Philippines, Japan, and Sri Lanka. Trained originally as a clinical social worker in the UK, Sukanya began her career supporting clients with complex and enduring mental health needs in settings ranging from community teams to hospitals and prisons.
Now based in Sri Lanka, she offers counseling for adults and older adolescents, addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, and grief in its many forms. As a coach, she supports clients in navigating workplace and personal challenges—including time and anger management, relationship dynamics, and career transitions—helping them move forward through practical, solution-focused approaches.
Tomas Horak, an SF coach for leaders, teams and organisations that want to transform their culture, linking SF, self-organisation and design thinking to explore new ways of working.
He is driven by his passion to support people’s development, especially when it comes to their potential of communicating and collaborating with each other.
People can only develop their full potential when their resources and skills are fully appreciated and their personal and collective purposes are consistent with each other.
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.
Through coaching, facilitation, and leadership development, Zarine helps leaders and teams navigate complexity, have courageous conversations, challenge themselves and each other, and strengthen their capacity to adapt and thrive in an interconnected world.
WHO SHE WORKS WITH: Curious leaders, teams, and organizations who are ready to create meaningful change, expand their comfort zones, and develop the capabilities needed to navigate uncertainty, complexity, and emerging futures.
WHY IT (MOSTLY!) WORKS: When partnering with Zarine, clients benefit from an engaging, practical, and human-centered approach to leadership and organizational development. She creates spaces where people can think differently, challenge assumptions, and discover new possibilities. Her work is flexible, responsive, and grounded in genuine partnership, with a willingness to go the extra mile. Whether working virtually or in person, she brings warmth, curiosity, humour, and playfulness to the process.