Dr Mark McKergow is co-director of sfwork - The Centre for Solutions Focus at Work. He is an international consultant, speaker and author. His ground-breaking work in taking Solutions Focus (SF) to a worldwide business audience is creating new paradigms and communities in over 25 countries around the world. He is known for his energetic and accessible style, cutting edge ideas presented with his inimitable blend of scientific rigor and performance pizzazz.

Mark is a global pioneer applying Solutions Focus ideas to organizational and personal change. He has written and edited three books and dozens of articles; his book 'The Solutions Focus: Making Coaching and Change SIMPLE' (co-authored with Paul Z Jackson) was declared one of the year's top 30 business books in the USA, and is now in eight languages. He has led the development of new SF models of coaching, negotiation, conflict management, strategic planning. With Jenny Clarke, he founded SolutionsBooks in 2005; their most recent book is 57 SF Activities (2008). He is now developing new metaphors for leadership, notably around leader as host.

He has been elected to membership of Jack Canfield's Transformational Leadership Council. He is a Board Member of SFCT, a new worldwide association for SF consultants, coaches and leaders (www.asfct.org), and edits the academic journal InterAction. He is also a member of the Association for Management Education and Development (AMED) and the Association for MBAs (AMBA). Find out more about Mark at www.sfwork.com.