Born in Finland I grew up in Germany. In 1994 I got my Masters degree in Public and Business Administration at the University of Constance / Germany. Major Field of Study: Personnel- and Organizational Management and Leadership
Professional Experience
Since 2012 self-employed Trainer and Executive Coach with focus on international Leadership and Personnel Development. In 2013 I founded my own company “Hanna Helstelä, Training & Development” in Santo André, São Paulo / Brazil
1998 – 2012 HR Personnel and Organizational Development at ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen / Germany and ZF do Brasil, Ltda., Sorocaba / Brazil. Main focus of the work: Leadership Development; Intercultural Competence Development; Coaching; Change Management; Project Management; Regional Projects for ZF South America
2002-2009 Lecturer / Professor at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Ravensburg / Germany. Lectures in ‘Leadership’ and ‘Change management’; Member of the examination board and supervisor of the final theses for the obtainment of the bachelor degree
1991-1998 Trainer and Consultant for the Sales Partners of Daimler at Daimler AG, Stuttgart / Germany. Main focus of the work: Leadership Development; Facilitation and Moderation of Development-, Strategy- and Change-Processes; Customer Relationship
Professional Education / Specialization
Courses at the IDR Academy – Intercultural Development Research Institute, Milan / Italy:
- Constructivist Foundations of Intercultural Communication – Applying the new Paradigm (Milton Bennett)
- Sustainable Intercultural Training Design Administration (Milton Bennett)
- Multicultural Teams – Increasing the Value of Cultural Differences (Dianne Hofner Saphiere)
- Embodied Culture – Discovering the Feeling of Self and Other in Cultural Context (Ida Castiglioni)
Systemic Organizational Development (Helm Stierlin Institute hsi, Heidelberg / Germany)
Systemic Consulting of Organizations (Simon, Weber & Friends, Heidelber/Germany)
Systemic Personnel- and Organisational Development (MCV Management Center Vorarlberg, Dornbirn / Austria)
Communicating across Cultures – Intercultural Expertise for Managers and Consultants (Management Zentrum Witten MZW: Milton Bennett, Margit Oswald et. al., Berlin / Germany)
Skills for Intercultural Trainings – Performance beyond Borders (Van den Bergh Thiagi Association: Adrian Pilbeam, Winterthur / Swiss)
Innovative Strategies and Tools of International Leadership Development (Consulting Group Neuwaldegg, Vienna/ Austria)
Leadership Coaching (ComTeam, Tegernsee / Germany)
Language Skills
English, Portuguese, German and Finnish
