Ilker Demirel

Ilker Demirel is living in Berlin, Germany and offers training in German, English, and Turkish. 

"There are always options, and we are free to create and chose," is Ilker's empowering motto. He believes the cultural transformation in an organization is both measurable and possible but only through individual behavioral change. Ilker maintains that courage and curiosity are foundational to learning and re-forming mind-sets that pave the way for the change leaders desire to see in their leadership style. His coaching and training expertise also includes leadership presence, cultural change management, and agile leadership.

Ilker creates a productive and safe coaching and training environment through intentional and unbiased listening. He coaches and trains leaders to increased self-awareness through cultivating calmness. He then challenges unhelpful behavior with humor that activates forward movement toward positive change. 
 
Professional Experience
Ilker brings nearly 25 years of business experience in the technology and transportation industries both in technical and leadership capacity. Beginning as an engineer, his technical acumen, communication skills, interpersonal capacity, strategic planning, organizational development, and customer insight ability meant progressive moves in leadership. Ilker spent almost 12 years at Fortune 500 technology innovator, Texas Instruments, managing people and developing products and systems for organizational effectiveness. He managed multinational project teams of engineers and led and coached program managers of cross-functional teams all the while strategizing and maintaining customer-centric goals. Adding to his expertise in cross-cultural team dynamics, he led international product development that spanned the US, Europe, India, Korea, China, and Taiwan. 

Ilker is the Founder and CEO of ausculto GmbH and LeadershipMindset, a company since 2009 of commitment to training, executive coaching, leadership development and transforming teams for greater success in agility. Among his clients are international companies that include SIEMENS, VW, B/S/H, HELLA Aglaia, Continental, Publicis Pixelpark, DEUTA, OptioPay, movingimage EVP GmbH, swarm64, Native Instruments, Bombardier Inc., AUDI, and BOSCH. 
 
Qualifications & Accreditations
Ilker earned his Bachelor's Degree in Electronics & Communication from Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) and a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin (Germany).
An experienced international executive coach, Certified Agile Leader (CAL) Educator Certified Scrum Trainer ®, he has certifications and accreditations from recognized global executive coaching organizations, including:

➢    Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST) by Scrum Alliance 
➢    Certified Agile Leader (CAL) Educator ® (CAL) by Scrum Alliance 
➢    Certified Coach by Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching 
➢    Global Leader of the Future 360 Assessment by Marshall Goldsmith
➢    Cultural Transformation Tool Certified (CTT) Certified Coach by Barrett Values Centre
➢    Management 3.0 Trainer
➢    LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator
➢    Certified LeSS Practitioner
➢    Co-Active Coaching at CTI