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Jukka Jalonen

Olympic gold-medal coach | World championship coach | The Apprentice boss | Leadership expert

Jukka Jalonen is Finland’s most successful ice hockey coach and a respected leadership figure who has also taken his place as the boss of the Finnish edition of The Apprentice. He has led the Lions to Olympic gold and several world championships, and he knows what it takes to build a winning team.

Jukka Jalonen as a speaker

Speaker profile

Who is Jukka?

Jukka Jalonen is a coach whose list of achievements is hard to match. He has taken Finland’s Lions to Olympic gold and several world championships, and risen to become one of the most respected ice hockey coaches in the world. Over the years he has learned that the biggest wins do not come from tactical details, but from a team’s mental strength and its ability to play as one.

As a speaker Jalonen offers both inspiring stories and practical tools. His experience of the pressure of elite sport and of leadership aimed at winning translates exceptionally well into working life. He shows how strong trust, clear values, and a meaningful role for each individual build an organisational culture that also holds in difficult times.

Jalonen’s talks suit leaders and managers who want to develop their own leadership and learn how to motivate a team to its best. He gets listeners to examine their own way of leading and shows how small actions and the right attitude build a winning team. His presentations combine analytical sharpness, the peak moments of a sporting career, and strong examples that inspire people to act.

Jukka Jalonen is a speaker who brings valuable experience, energy, and credibility to the stage. His message is timely and universal: people are always behind success, and the trust that forms between them decides how far a team or an organisation can go.

Talks

Topics and presentations

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1. Building a winning team

How do you combine individual strengths and build a team that succeeds together.

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2. Trust as the cornerstone of leadership

Why trust decides everything, and how it is strengthened through everyday actions.

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3. The individual’s role in the team

How everyone can shine in their own role and support the shared goal.

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4. Values and culture behind success

How organisational culture guides action and helps you win under pressure.

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5. Leading under the pressure of elite sport

Lessons from situations where the stakes are at their highest and there is no room for error.

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