Warmly welcome to our Step Beyond web pages! My name is Christel Berghäll- Högström and I am the Founder and Managing Director of Step Beyond.
I am a strong believer in coaching as a method to develop individuals, teams and organizations. Very often we hold the answers to our own questions. We just need an opportunity to reflect and discover where we are and where we could be in order to get new insights for improving our performance and effectiveness. We often also need to discover the habitual patterns we are stuck with that prevent us from renewing ourselves. We need to identify those patterns and have the courage to "break the code" and to unlearn.
In order to achieve sustainable organizational change, it is important to work with leadership simultaneously at individual level, team level as well the entire organizational system that we operate in. Organization culture is a great enabler but also a powerful blocker in making the change happen. Most sustainable results are achieved through real co-creation whereby employees and leaders are invited to be part of the solution. We at Step Beyond are specialized in helping individuals, teams and organizations step beyond. Results are at the heart of everything we do.
Are you curious to hear more of what we could achieve together? Please contact us at info (at) stepbeyond.eu and let us explore what is possible.
Step Beyond has a network of certified Executive Coaches and Leadership consultants in Finland and in various European countries. We serve our international clients in multiple locations and languages.
Step Beyond is also the official representative of Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in the Nordic countries. CCL is one of the most recognized executive development institutes in the world, ranked by Financial time during 10 consecutive years amongst the 10 top executive education providers the world .Please contact us at info (at) stepbeyond.eu for further information.
I have 15 years of experience in international human resources management and I am specialized in helping organizations become more effective through leadership excellence and strategic human resource management. I have worked several years as a senior human resources executive and as a management team member and have a good sense of the world and the mind of an executive in today’s business. I have worked in various industries (IT, telecommunications, sports equipment and soft goods, technical building systems, constructions and industrial services) in businesses characterized by complexity and rapid change. The scope my work has been international throughout my career and I have worked and lived in Finland, Germany and China.
I hold a Master’s degree in economics (M.Sc. econ.). I have completed my Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching in London, UK and I am currently also pursuing my diploma in Gestalt Coaching in one of the leading Coach Academies in the UK. I am a Professionally Certified Coach (PCC) by International Coach Federation (ICF) and a board member and President for International Coach Federation (ICF) Finland during 2011. I am a Senior Fellow for Human Capital at The Conference Board. I am also a member of the European Mentoring and Couching Council (EMCC). My working languages are English, Swedish and Finnish and I converse in French.
My coaching clients often describe me as intuitive, challenging & encouraging.
During my free time I love to do different kinds of sports, such as down- hill and cross-country skiing, jogging, tennis & golf. I am also passionate about gardening.