Kirsten Dierolf, M.A., MP (EMCC), ESIA (EMCC), MCC (ICF), MASFP (IASTI) is the owner and founder of SolutionsAcademy, a global ICF accredited coach training academy with pending EMCC accreditations. She coaches executives and teams mainly for global corporations and has designed and delivered several global initiatives for leadership development for large international corporations. Kirsten mentors MCC candidates through innovative programs and individual mentoring. She currently serves as the immediate president past of the German Chapter of the International Coaching Federation. Kirsten is member of the ICF assessor teams for MCC and PCC and a subject matter expert on teamcoaching.
She is the author of “Solution Focused Team Coaching”, co-author of “The Solutions Tango” and “Coaching plain and simple” and editor of “Solution Focused Practice around the World” published as the result of the first global conference of Solution Focus which spanned all applications of SF, an initiative she spearheaded in 2017.

She is a “virtual guru” and has been delivering online programs since 2008 when nobody even thought that this is possible. She speaks 7 languages and has worked on all continents (except Antarctica)

Kirsten has extensive training in narrative therapy and has been exploring how social-constructionist ideas can infuse the coaching world. As she is experiencing more and more polarization in public and online spaces, she has been researching how to respond to such situations in order to create understanding and peace. She has published several podcasts and articles on the topics. (www.coachfederation.de/podcast and www.kirsten-dierolf.de)