Client experiences
"Thanks to the development process, we’ve stepped up as a management team. Nowadays our purpose and role as a management team is clear, we talk less about our functions and departments, and people are more aligned and committed to working as a team. We have open discussions about sensitive topics. We got to know ourselves and team mates better and have strengthened our working relationships and team dynamics. Our trust, spirit and commitment in the team have developed a lot by going through the process. Sari Vuohtoniemi and Elina Ämmälä were very professional and knowledgeable of coaching our team to grow. The journey never stops and new team members who are joining along the way are adding new perspectives and energy. We will continue to work on our development and follow through on the ideas developed together with Sari and Elina!” Henrik Albrektson, General Manager, Parker Hannifin Sales Company Nordic.
“Sari is an inspiring, positive coach who has versatile skills as a coach! I could always trust Sari to lead the process and I could achieve the results that I wanted. As a coach Sari is extremely skilled at guiding and encouraging me to find the topics that are the most important and I got very important support in the midst of a big changes. Coaching sessions always resulted in concrete outcome. I can warmly recommend Sari to anyone." Mia Nykopp, General Director, Traficom
"True Potential and coach Sari Vuohtoniemi offer a unique combination of business and human understanding, bundled in dynamic working methods. I recommend this coaching especially for executive and board level needs, where the level of questions go beyond traditional and every day operative matters.Working with Vuohtoniemi as a journey to ones' deeper sources, as the company name True Potential indicates." Elli Mäkilä, CEO at Storybound Oy, Board Chair at Dance House Helsinki.
“As a senior executive I got a lot with an individual coaching process with Sari. Especially clarifying my own role, developing my ability to reflect myself, and how to interact and also becoming a better human being. Working with Sari has focused on the right things agreed together. It has also been great that we agreed on how to measure the development, so I have been able to see the results also numerically. The impact of the coaching is expected to be seen in the business results in the future as well." Senior Executive, International company.
"Collaboration with Sari was flexible and enjoyable, and I really felt she was there for me.After three coaching-sessions with Sari resulted with immediate and long-termbenefits. The skilful coach helped me easily to come up with new insights.Coaching with Sari created a clear direction to my leadership as well as toolsfor day to day practice as a leader." Executive, International Company
The coaching process with Sari offered me very valuable insights of my own thinking and action patterns and helped me to recognize my strengths and development areas as an executive. I also learned extremely valuable tools for stressmanagement and for different leadership situations. I have been able to use my insights and the tools that I learned during the coaching also after the coaching process. (Director, University)
“I participated in a senior leadership program for the highest government sector officials in Finland and best part of this program was three coaching sessions with Sari. I admire her professionalism and how she supported me to find answers from myself for the questions. Her coaching was extremely effective and professional. I would gladly recommend her as a coach." – Senior Leader, Tapio Aaltonen, Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"I needed support and guidance in order to stop and take some distance in order to analyze a complex work situation and to lead myself forward in a constructive and dynamic way. The most valuable thing about this coaching was that it enabled me to encounter things,situations and emotions and to see them for what they are, to become conscious of my own thoughts, perceptions and attitudes. As long as one is not aware of these things it is impossible to start acting, solving problems and making the change happen. In a safe and understanding environment created by Sari and the connection that was created between us it was "easy" to take a new, dynamic approach to things that I had been stuck with for a long time. So thank you Sari!" – Senior Executive, Company
"Sari Vuohtoniemi worked very professionally and with high quality as my coach. I got a lot out of only three sessions with her. I can warmly recommend her to anyone working in senior leadership positions." – Marjukka Turunen, Director, Kela (public organisation)
“As an executive I got a lot with an individual coaching process with Sari. Especially clarifying my own role, developing my ability to reflect myself, and how to interact and also becoming a better human being. Working with Sari has focused on the right things agreed together. It has also been great that we agreed on how to measure the development, so I have been able to see the results also numerically. The impact of the coaching is expected to be seen in the business results in the future as well." – Senior Executive, International company.
“Sari is a great coach and real professional in leadership area. Her positive energy and way of focusing on crucial matters makes the difference. She is also a master to help people to find their potential via coaching, enneagram etc. I can warmly recommend Sari as a professional coach and leadership consultant.” – Eija Nillsson-Ollandt, Director, Nordea
”Based on my experience of the coaching process with Sari Vuohtoniemi I can guarantee that she is a real professional and a great coach.” – Senior Leader, Public organisation
“Sari is a real professional in leadership development and she has a rare ability to meet different kind of people and go to the core of things. I was looking for a coach who does not get from the hook easily and that really happened with Sari”. – Leader, public organisation.
"I am pleased to recommend Sari – 3 words, she is a PROFESSIONAL HUMAN EXPERT. She creates a good process – feeling & innovation. She knows the issue for sure – knowledge. She has the competence to use the map – you will be where you want to be at the right time." – Peter Kanerva, Managing Director, J-Mac-JTO Finland.
“Sari supported me to get to know myself better. During our coaching-sessions I learned to challenge actively my own thoughts and routines. By jumping courageously to the world that coach opens for you, you will for sure make new observations of your own basic assumptions, expectations and needs. In a complex world there are amazingly many simple solutions, if you only learn to see them through all external and internal expectations. I warmly recommend Sari as a coach to anyone who wants to utilize his potential more efficiently.” – Director, Nordea
"The coaching process with Sari offered me very valuable insights of my own thinking and action patterns and helped me to recognize my strengths and development areas as an executive. I also learned extremely valuable tools for stress management and for different leadership situations. I have been able to use my insights and the tools that I learned during the coaching also after the coaching process." – Management, Public Sector
“The individual coaching process with Sari was the best leadership development program I have ever during my long international career as a senior executive attended. Sari coached me to find totally new sides of myself and to develop my models of thinking and behaving. The personal coaching process was so great and I wanted my international management team to experience, at least partly, the same. The common training day crowned it all - with the help of Sari and the Enneagram, we learned together as a management team to recognize different ways to cooperate and communicate our strengths and development possibilities as a team. Our work as a management team is now much more efficient and enjoyable. It’s good to go on together from here. I warmly recommend this to anyone!” – Merja Kannisto, Senior Executive, Nordea
“You can see Sari knows what she's talking about. Sari adds and points out some points you were not thinking yet and you can't help but start to think what she just said. I really like it. I really spend a lot of time to think my actions through but Sari added some think-outside-the-box spice in it.” – Leader, International company
"Collaboration with Sari was flexible and enjoyable, and I really felt she was there for me. After three coaching-sessions with Sari resulted with immediate and long-term benefits. The skilful coach helped me easily to come up with new insights. Coaching with Sari created a clear direction to my leadership as well as tools for day to day practice as a leader." – Executive, International Company
“Sari is a flexible Senior Leadership Consultant. I have seen her working with leaders many levels in the organization with great result. She has contributed in the training of our leaders in longer programmes as well as coaching on individual level always a smile on her face.” – Stefan Klingsbo, Manager, Leadership Development, Nordea
"Sari has an amazing ability to create an atmosphere of trust and confidence. In addition, her ability to ask the right questions at the right time leads to sessions where your self-awareness develops. I've learned to become more aware of my restricting thought patterns and understand the reasons behind. This has helped me to grow towards to be a leader who is more present and calm also in demanding situations. To me, Sari has been invaluable quide on getting connected to my authentic self and inner wisdom." – Henna Rundgren, Head of Digital Marketing, Benemen Oy.
