Consulting & Training

Consulting and Training Grounded in 40 Years of Real-World Experience

Corporate training, executive coaching, keynote speaking and panel moderation — each programme is tailored to your industry, team structure and objectives.

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Services

How I Can Help

Four ways of working, all drawing on the same source: teams personally managed, sales closed and negotiations led across Türkiye, Europe and the United States.

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Corporate Training

Practical workshops designed around your team. Participants leave with methods they can use the next day, not with theory.

Executive Mentoring

One-to-one development sessions for newly appointed and experienced managers alike. The agenda is set by the manager's own live cases.

Speaking

Opening and closing keynotes for conferences, summits and company events. In Turkish and English.

Panel Moderation

Moderating corporate panels, summits and interviews — drawing people out while keeping the discussion on track.

Programme Areas

Four Core Areas

The programmes I have delivered to companies and universities since 2006. The modules under each heading can be taken individually or combined into a single programme.

Leadership and Management

For newly appointed managers and senior leaders: holding a team together, delegating, and deciding under uncertainty.

Leadership and Management
Managing Teams and Motivational Leadership
The Art of Leadership — Becoming an Inspiring, Effective Leader
Strategies for Leaders and Managers in Difficult Times
Authority and Delegation
Leadership in a VUCA World (in English)

Sales, Negotiation and Communication

For sales teams and customer-facing functions: the whole process, from sitting down at the table to closing the deal.

360-Degree Selling and Sales Communication
Negotiation Technique
The Customer Is the Boss
Communication Skills and Relationship Management
Internal Communication

Real Estate and Industry Programmes

Tailored to real estate, construction and HORECA — drawing on licensed real estate advisory work in New York and corporate projects in Istanbul.

Real Estate Sales Training
Introduction to Real Estate
Building Real estate Portfolio and Winning Clients
Mortgages in the United States
Construction Project Finance
Franchising
Behavioural Skills for the HORECA Sector

Personal Effectiveness and Personal Branding

Modules focused on individual development: managing your own time, visibility and long-term reputation.

Building a Personal Brand
Effective Time and Priority Management
Sustainable Development

Beşir Kemal Ustaoğlu working with participants in a corporate session

In the Workshop

What to Expect in the Room

My programmes are collaborative, not one-way presentations. Each topic begins with a practical framework, followed by discussion and application to the participants' own challenges and real-world cases.

The aim is not to leave with a notebook full of theory, but with a focused set of practical tools you can put to work the very next day.

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Format Options

How We Work Together

We set the scope and duration together, based on what you need.

Workshops

Half-day or full-day hands-on group sessions, for going deep on a single topic.

Corporate Programmes

Multi-session, longer-term programmes designed for your organisation — for teams aiming at lasting behavioural change.

One-to-One Consulting

Bespoke advisory sessions for executives and business leaders, delivered in person or online.

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS

Universities Where I Have Taught and Spoken

Since 2006 I have taught real estate marketing, leadership, negotiation and competency development at Boğaziçi University and other institutions, and previously taught at Kadir Has University. On the corporate side I have advised the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and a number of companies.

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi

ESCE International Business School (Paris)

Fenerbahçe Üniversitesi

Haliç Üniversitesi

İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi

İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi

İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi

İstanbul Nişantaşı Üniversitesi

İstanbul Üniversitesi

Kadir Has Üniversitesi

Konya Teknik Üniversitesi

Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi

TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi

Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi

Schools and Colleges

Bahçeşehir Koleji

Bursa Erkek Lisesi

CND Okulları (Graduation Speech – English)

Mektebim Koleji (Jury Member)

Ordu Fen Lisesi

TOFAŞ Fen Lisesi

Stages & Platforms

Selected Speaking Engagements

A selection of conferences, summits, panels and other events where I have participated as a speaker.

Azerbaycan Uluslararası Gıda ve Tarım İşletmeleri Forumu 2025

Boğaziçi Zirvesi

D&R Zorlu Kitap İmza Günü

FOTON Fotoğraf Organizasyonları Derneği

Genç MÜSİAD Konya

Gönüller Elele Akademi

GYODER Konferans

ICNC26 Berlin

İstanbul Rotaract Kulübü

İstanbul Rotary Kulübü

Kedrion Pharma

Levent Rotary Kulübü

Liderlik Okulu

LiveArch

Lojistik Gelişim Grubu

Moda Rotaract Kulübü

Moda Rotary Kulübü

RYLA-Rotary Young Leaders Academy

TEDx Cumhuriyet

WORLDEF

SELECTED Clients

Organisations I Have Worked With

I have delivered training and consulting services to organisations in Türkiye and internationally, across the public sector, higher education, retail, energy, textiles, real estate and manufacturing.