The CEO for a Day program successfully completed its first term.

Business world leaders have had an extraordinary musical experience with renowned composer and orchestra conductor Rob Kapilow

• Senior manager of research and evaluation in one of the world's leading financial institutions Odgers that Berndtson launched "CEO for a Day" in the framework of the program came to Turkey renowned American composer and conductor Rob Kapilow, Istanbul together with the State Symphony Orchestra, an unusual music business on his journey.
• The performance, which added color to the CEOs and students as the guest chef participating in the program, received full points from the audience.
• Mozart's philosophy of "listening to infinite possibilities to achieve perfection" is the key to the audience, leadership, cooperation, negotiation, change management, innovation, creativity, reconciliation, agreement and consensus on topics such as Mozart emphasizing that they will come out of the ones they can hear.

Worldwide senior executive search and assessment firm Odgers Berndtson social responsibility project leader candidates of the future with today's leaders with the 20th anniversary of the occasion in Turkey launched to bring together "CEO for a Day" program has successfully completed its first semester .

Once nominated under the program launched in October 2017 a detailed evaluation process that results in high potential students are selected, a full day to spread lived a unique experience with CEOs of leading companies in the area of Turkey. Students who have participated in many developmental activities such as creative thinking, problem solving, building a company from scratch, creating their own story for 6 months have had the opportunity to personally experience the dynamics of the business world on the day they spent with CEOs.

The program's summit event took place on Wednesday evening, April 18, 2018, with an extraordinary performance. His musical performance, listening to the infinite possibilities, given by American famous composer and orchestra conductor Rob Kapilow with the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, received a full note from the business world and the audience. Odgers Berndtson's Turkey Managing Partner Ayse Öztuna Bozoklar's hosted musical performances Fiba Holding Chairman Hüsnü Özyeğin, Kale Group Management and CEO Zeynep Bodur Okyay, Doğan Holding Board Member Arzuhan Yalçındağ, Sabancı Holding CEO Mehmet immigrants Borusan Holding CEO Agah Ugur, Akkök Holding CEO Ahmet Fourth, Denizbank Financial Services Group CEO Hakan Ateş, Nobel Medicine CEO Hakan Şahin, Siemens Turkey CEO Hüseyin Gelis, Deloitte Turkey CEO Humprhry Hatton , Turkish Tractor CEO Marco Votta, KoçSistem CEO Mehmet Ali Akarca, Fiba Holding Board Member Murat Özyeğin. Netaş CEO Müjdat Altay, Channel D & Production Libby Cloud Marash and CEO of Arvato CEO and Board Member Soner Cesur Turkey also participated.

The CEO and students, who are performing under the "CEO for a Day" program, aiming to build bridges between today's leaders and future leaders, recall the infinite possibilities of music under Kapilow's leadership.

”The advice to today's leaders and future leaders of Kapilow, who gave leadership seminars by using them as a musical instrument in many countries of the world, is as follows: "Think like Mozart. Leaders of your future will emerge from those who can hear countless and endless possibilities like Mozart."

LEADERLESS TEAMS

Recognizing that the business world evolved rapidly towards leadless teams, Rob Kapilow emphasized that orchestras are excellent examples of self-governing leaders. "Every musician in the orchestra has to constantly make almost infinitely complex decisions to perform wonderfully," Kapilow said. A closer look at their psychological and practical dynamics in their decision-making process can reveal to us how big leaderboards can be successful, and also show how we can eliminate the listening pitfalls that make even the best-minded teams out of the way. "

Rob Kapilow, who has performed in many leading concert halls of the world, including New York, Boston and Toronto; using classical music to bridge the gap between the business world, the academy and the art world, giving different clues to move with solidarity and collective intelligence, giving interesting tips for organizations to achieve 'extraordinary performance'.

Kapilow is presenting critical advice to the business world by approaching important topics such as leadership, collaboration, negotiation, change management, innovation, creativity, compromise, agreement and consensus on music.

EVERY TEAM IS AN ORCHESTRA

Of outstanding performance Kapilow, it reveals the similarities in the management of an institution of an orchestra director of delicacy noted that Odgers Berndtson Turkey Founding Partner Ayse Öztuna Bozoklar, "Rob Kapilow approaching their present critical issues in a broad perspective on business and corporate life is all important aspects in the public mind more effectively be run gives important clues to Now the business world is becoming less and less hierarchical. We also want to support the increase of common sense and mobility in the business world. also we have started in Turkey with the aim to contribute to this objective, "CEO for a Day" program, CEOs and young people discussing the management problems of the future, inter-generational and inter-agency a "common sense" platform are creating "he said.

Common recipe for next generation leadership from CEO and students

Leaders and students who participated in the CEO for a Day program also wrote the prescription of the new generation leadership: "The brave new world" is not the issue of tomorrow. As of now, it's yours! Technological developments such as the internet of objects, artificial intelligence, and the globalization that unlocked all the locks, leaked everywhere. The business world has transformed into a sanguine / information tsunami. We can make up for the time we have lost together for this new period. Because, with all these difficulties, it is impossible for a leader or an institution to succeed alone! For this reason it is imperative to develop team spirit within the institutions and between the institutions and act with common mind.

It is a whole and a team that does not lose its enthusiasm, encourages free thought, and who is able to be a part of the whole team. will become the leader of tomorrow's leading tomorrow as its unique pieces. Now is the time to think together, design together, strengthen the bond between generations and shape tomorrow together. However, we all can create mutual benefit and transform ourselves when we put it under the stone.

10 TIPS FOR NEW GENERAION LEADERSHIP (Top tips from CEOs and young talents)

1- With the emerging technologies in the new business life, authoritarian leadership style is increasingly turning it into a dominant leadership. Increase your dominance with all dimensions in your area and be assertive. Be knowledgeable enough to respect everyone in their field of study.

2- Star leaders are no longer necessary, but competent leaders of their business are needed. For this, reset your ego, be modest.

3- Just do not trust your talent, your labels, your community. Trust yourself and always work harder and trust yourself, and create opportunities for you to work towards the right team.

4- Instead of doing business with the command-and-control chain, guide your team in the right direction.

5- Be transparent, honest, trustworthy and take responsibility.

6- Inspire and motivate your team in all areas of life, not just in business.

7- Don't resist to change, be open to development.

8- Talents can emerge from places you never imagine, with fresh perspectives on areas you have not looked at before, and with people you have not looked at before.

9- Design the environment in which ideas for your team can be freely expressed. Listen to everybody, trust yourself and listen to "infinite possibilities". Team is everything, everyone is a leader now!

10- Do not forget! If you are happy with the people you value, then you have succeeded.

CEOx1Day Advisory Board

Güler Sabancı (Sabancı Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Hüsnü Özyeğin (Fiba Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ (Doğan TV Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Zeynep Bodur Okyay (Kale Group President and CEO)

Virginia Bottomley (Odgers Berndtson Board of Directors & CEO Group President)

CEO for a Day Participating Institutions

Agah Uğur (Borusan Holding CEO)

Ahmet Dördüncü (Akkök Holding CEO)

Hakan Ateş (Denizbank Financial Services Group CEO)

Hakan Şahin (Nobel İlaç CEO)

Hüseyin Gelis (Siemens Turkey CEO)

Humprhry Hatton (Deloitte Turkey CEO)

Marco Votta (Türk Traktör CEO)

Mehmet Göçmen (Sabancı Holding CEO)

Mehmet Ali Akarca (KoçSistem CEO)

Murat Özyeğin (Fiba Holding Board Member)

C. Müjdat Altay (Netaş CEO)

Ömer Yüngül (Zorlu Holding CEO)

Özge Bulut Maraşlı (Kanal D&Productions Companies CEO)

Soner Cesur (Arvato Turkey CEO and Board Member)

Zeynep Bodur Okyay (Kale Group President and CEO)

About the 'Ceo for a Day' Program

The 'CEO for a Day' program is designed to explore the promising future leaders and give them a chance to experience the business world from a CEO's perspective. Students will spend a full day working together with a CEO of a leading organization and come to an understanding of the responsibilities and challenges of today's leading executives and witness how these leaders create value in their organizations.

It is also a great opportunity for CEOs to better understand the factors that drive the new generation of leaders and motivate them. The 'CEO for a Day' global program, run by Odgers Berndtson, one of the world's leading institutions in executive search and evaluation, has achieved great success in thirteen countries to date. On its eleventh global year, the program is now launched in Turkey during the term of 2017/18.

Founded in 1965 and currently, with 50+ offices in 29 countries, Odgers Berndtson provides international senior management research and evaluation services to the world's most successful institutions, focusing on the selection and development of extraordinary management talent to direct and direct these institutions. The fastest growing international executive search/evaluation Odgers Berndtson, one of the company is a leader in and around Turkey.

Odgers Berndtson Turkey offers a unique combination of international best practice standards with local market knowledge since its establishment in 1998. It is one of the leading service providers to domestic and multinational corporations operating in Turkey particularly focusing on the CEO / Board Services, Executive Search, Executive and International Projects Assessment and Development. 

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