Mark McKergow, PhD

Dr. Mark McKergow is an international speaker, trainer, consultant, author and director of the Centre for Solutions Focus at Work, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mark has written six books and dozens of articles on using Solution Focused ideas within organizational and coaching practices, including “The Solutions Focus” (with Paul Z Jackson – coming in a revised edition in 2024) and “Solutions Focus Working” (with Jenny Clarke). He is a global pioneer in hosting as leadership, where he wrote “Host: Six New Roles of Engagement” (Solutions Books, 2014 with Helen Bailey) and “The Host Leadership Field Book” (Solutions Books, 2019). Mark is widely known for his ability to connect complex ideas with simplicity in practice. His latest books are “Hosting Generative Change” (BMI, 2020) and “The Next Generation of Solution Focused Practice” (Routledge, 2021). He is also the editor of the “Journal of Solution Focused Practices” (http://journalsfp.org). Mark writes weekly on “Substack: Steps To A Humanity of Organisation” – free to read and subscribe.