Pia-Maria is the author of Agile People - A Radical Approach for HR and Managers (That Leads to Motivated Employees), and the founder of Agile People. Agile People is a global network of people who work to improve workplaces by helping HR and leaders attain an agile mindset for the future of work by using agile tools, methods, values, and principles.

Pia-Maria specializes in helping companies achieve a culture of increased agility through Agile HR, Agile leadership, and Motivation. Her main focus is to contribute to creating organizations where people perform better and feel engaged.

Her main drive is to see the movement from one state to another in a company, contributing by making that change successful from a financial and human perspective.

Particular focus areas are Agile People (Agile HR AND Agile Leadership), Agile Culture Journeys, Performance Development, Employee engagement and motivation (Reiss Motivation Profile), workshop facilitation, event moderation, and professional speaking.

Agile People Coach, Inspiration Director, Keynote Speaker & Author.

She was perhaps the first person in the world to link “Adaptiveness” and “HR.” Now, it’s becoming clear that Pia-Maria Thorén pioneered a fast-growing global movement – Agile People.

Pia-Maria Thorén is a true multi-talent. She describes herself as a person who works in HR, IT, finance, and management.

As Inspiration Director for her company, Pia-Maria is a key influencer in Agile HR, Leadership, and Motivation. She is a popular guest at conferences and participates in numerous interviews on podcasts and blogs. In a personal, informal way—Scandinavian style—she makes it very clear that leadership needs to change.

She talks about a new leadership role, The Agile People Coach – An alternative career for HR and Managers in the Future of Work. The world is becoming more complex, and few competitive advantages remain for companies that want to survive and flourish. It requires a totally different Leadership style that lets people make mistakes and learn from them. It requires different principles for HR and cross-functional business teams on all levels. The old structures with top-down hierarchies and annual budgets linked to fixed performance targets and rewards will not support the speed and personal motivation that needs to permeate future workplaces.

She is the author of Agile People – A Radical Approach for HR and Managers (That Leads to Motivated Employees) and Agile People Principles – Your Call to Action for the Future of Work.