WHAT DO WE DO?

Executive Search

We have many years of experience of successfully recruiting senior and mid level executives. All our work is carried out on a retained basis.

We take a pro-active approach to recruitment and undertake fresh, systematic research for each assignment we work on.

We have a track record of delivering on challenging and or sensitive projects which make the most of our research, candidate handling skills and consulting experience. Based on our extensive market experience we provide significant up front advice on the role requirement and profile design.

We have a reputation for delivering a top quality service and for finding good people.

We have successfully completed searches at CEO/General Manager, Director and Manager level positions.

We work across a range of sectors including - business services, energy, financial services, FMCG, healthcare, manufacturing, property, retail, and advanced technology.

We have worked for some of the world's largest multinationals, leading Turkish firms and smaller companies just entering the market.

We have found talent for roles in Turkey, Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, and searched for candidates all around the globe.

A Good Practice approach is at the heart of the OneWorld recruitment process.

We work transparently with our clients, and we have learnt that the closer we work together in partnership, the more effective we will be. We provide frequent feedback to our clients throughout the search process.

Executive Search Principles

We are a client driven organisation, and we only ever receive fees from companies. However we place great importance on the interests of candidate executives and we follow principles we summarize as Candidate Care.

  • We only ever introduce executives to organisations that we believe in.
  • We only introduce them for roles which we believe will be a good step for their long term career.
  • We only put executives in the interview process with our clients if we believe they have a realistic chance of getting the job.
  • We never share candidate details with a client without the executive's express permission.
  • We protect the confidentiality of executives we talk to, and handle confidential information sensitively.
  • We give executives that we deal with feedback as soon as possible and we always aim to give them useful feedback on the process, whatever the outcome.

Over the years our consultants and researchers have built a reputation for professional standards that has enabled them to become trusted advisors in the market, and to access senior executives who don't trust others easily.
This is demonstrated by the positive feedback we receive from our executive recruitment candidates.

Our partners and consultants have many years of experience living and working in the executive search industry in Europe, Asia, the United State and the Middle East, as well as Turkey. We have built close personal relationships with high quality executive search firms throughout the world. This enables us to select the right firm to work with when we are working on cross border assignments.

We have managed many assignments in Turkey for clients based overseas and have also led searches in many different countries for our clients based in Turkey. In each case we use our experience and relationships, and work closely with the client to design the most effective solution in each case.

Our independence allows us to select partner firms for overseas projects who have a track record within the target sector and discipline, and to deliver high quality results for our clients in the shortest time.

We coach successful senior executives at leading global and national corporations. Organisations employ our coaches to help their leaders enhance strengths, manage weaknesses, and acquire new and dynamically different work habits that are essential for success in today's rapidly changing business environment. Many organisations around the world are finding executive coaching to be a highly valuable tool, which is best focused on their most successful and high potential executives.

What is Coaching?

Executive coaching is a series of dialogues between a coach and an executive in which they work together to define the issues and construct solutions. A skilled coach facilitates conversations that result in great personal development and learning by the executive, as they deal with the changes that are a constant fact of executive life. Raising awareness, reviewing goals, designing and following up on action plans are often focuses of executive coaching, along with robust discussions of challenging issues the executive is facing.

Coaching is different from training and consulting; the executive sets the agenda and owns the process. The role of the coach is to support and challenge them as they find their own solutions and implement them. Our coaches use their business experience, empathy, listening and questioning skills to add value to their clients. Being confidential and taking place over a period (typically six to twelve months) make Executive Coaching an extremely valuable tool.

We are members of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and abide by its code of ethics.

We welcome the EMCC and ICF's filing of a Common Code of Conduct for Coaching and Mentoring with the EU, and we support and subscribe to this Code of Conduct.

We are able to provide effective international coaching solutions through our membership of SineMuris which provides high quality executive coaching throughout the world.

Types of Coaching

We work with executives in a broad range of situations, and every coaching engagement is different. As well as general executive coaching we offer a number of specialised programmes, based on our experience and client demand.

CEO Coaching for those at the top of their organisation. These people can often be isolated, and the coach can be a valuable and trusted sounding board with whom they can discuss a wide range of issues in confidence. A number of CEOs work with our coaches on an open-ended basis, meeting with their coach when they believe a discussion will be valuable.

Onboarding Coaching for executives moving into a new role. Working with executives before they start a new role and over the first weeks and months enables them to add value much more quickly and minimize some of the risks associated with new executive appointments.

Intercultural Coaching for executives working in a new culture, or managing a multicultural team.

Coaching for Negotiations focusing on contemporary approaches to win-win negotiations.

Career Coaching for executives considering their career directions.

Please contact us for more information on Executive Coaching.


WHY OUTPLACEMENT?

  • Redundancy is one of the most traumatic events an employee may experience. The negative effects can be reduced by sensitive handling of both the departing and remaining employees, whereas, clumsy redundancy handling is usually bad for the employer’s business and long-term reputation.
  • Outplacement is becoming better known and understood as an important part of the employee lifecycle process. It provides support during times of change and forms an important part of the strategy to manage departing employees and support employer branding. Organisations increasingly use outplacement services to provide career support for employees at most levels of the organisation.
  • Experience has taught us that outplacement services help those who have to move on and manage the emotional impact of their exit and set them up for success in their job search. But it also helps those who stay with the organisation and to maintain engagement across the organisation. It is a smart business decision to guard against operational and brand risk both inside and outside your organization.

WHY WORK WITH US?
We have a solid track record of delivery and an experienced team who have been at the forefront of delivering customised Outplacement services in Turkey for the last 15 years. We are also a proud member of the global career transition organisation, Career Star Group, whose members are carefully selected to provide critical, local market knowledge in 79 countries around the world. We are a global and local team of experts who share a common vision, embrace strict quality standards and tap into a world-wide ‘think tank’ of best practices, solutions and experience.

OUR APPROACH
We create a range of customised activities that provide relevant advice and support to employees leaving their organisation. Our programs are designed to enable individuals to develop a greater awareness of their skills, strengths, career aspirations, potential and limitations to help them pursue new career opportunities. We have learnt over the years that flexibility is key as people have different needs and expectations.

PROGRAM CONTENT
For Executive and Professional Level Employees we provide Individual Programs. We also provide Group Programs for Professional Level and other Employees.
We provide practical and relevant tools in CV preparation, the job search process, how to find a new role and the job application process, networking, working with recruitment firms, interview skills (practice & feedback in English and Turkish), effective use of social media tools, including LinkedIn, evaluating new job opportunities, salary negotiations, and onboarding advice for settling into a new job. Our dedicated OneWorld Consulting Outplacement web portal is also available for use exclusively by our outplacement clients. We work closely with our clients, supporting and guiding them in every step of the way as they go through the job search and transition process.

SUPPORT FOR MANAGERS
For most Human Resources Professionals and Line Managers, letting an employee go following a merger, downsizing or re-structuring may be one of the most difficult things they have to do. We provide advice to the organisation before the termination conversations take place by providing support and guidance on how to handle the lay-off process, guides and tips on managing severance discussions, and typical FAQs in these situations. We also work closely at the start of the project to agree program metrics and reporting expectations, and learn as much as we can about the employees being laid off.

WHY ONEWORLD CONSULTING?

  • Consultant Quality. We have a team of high-quality Consultants experienced in outplacement and executive search and recruitment processes in Turkey and overseas
  • Measurement. We provide reports and updates so you can see how your former employees are doing in their job search
  • Feedback & Satisfaction Surveys. We use feedback as a means to continually improve our service and we ask all those who have been on our programs for their feedback via an online survey tool. We then share this feedback with you so you can see what your former employees say about their experience of the program
  • Flexible Coaching Approach. We adopt a flexible approach and methodology and use our coaching skills, as one of Turkey’s leading executive coaching providers, to support our clients.
  • Global Network. As the Turkey member of the leading global outplacement and career transition group, Career Star Group, we actively share in best practices and learn from our international colleagues
  • Track Record. We have been providing outplacement programs in Turkey for the last 15 years
  • Excellent References. We are providing outplacement services to both local and international companies, from a range of industry sectors

For OneWorld Consulting’s Outplacement Brochure please click here.

In mentoring programmes, senior executive work with more junior executives in a different part of the organisation, to help them raise their awareness of themselves, others, the organisation and the world around them, and to make good decisions as they develop their careers. The skills of mentoring are very similar to the skills of coaching, but the context is different.

Research shows that mentoring programmes add significant value to the mentees, mentors and the organisations involved. All parties learn and develop skills, and participants' understanding of themselves, others and the organisation increase. Mentees are more likely to stay with the organisation and to be successful within it.

We work with clients to design and support internal mentoring programmes. Typically this involves support on programme design, tailoring and running workshops for mentors and mentees, and offering ongoing supervision to those taking part in the programme. We also provide and recommend materials that can be used as part of the process.

We are members of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and abide by its code of ethics.

We are members of Coaching and Mentoring International, and work with David Clutterbuck, one of the international thought leaders on mentoring on the design of mentoring programmes and research into many areas of coaching and mentoring.

 

As business becomes more complicated, global and fast paced, no one executive can offer all the competencies needed to run an organisation. The role of the leadership team is becoming more important, as companies realise that the quality of their top team and the way they work together is a critical success factor for the organisation.

We work with senior leadership teams to improve their effectiveness. Typically we work with the CEO, to address questions such as:

  • Is your current set of leaders a real team or a group?
  • Do you need a leadership team? If so, why?
  • What type(s) of team do you need, and what should their purpose be?
  • Who should be on your top team and how should that team work?

We work with teams to support and challenge them as they define their key Purpose, Goals and Rules for working together.

We also facilitate team meetings and provide advice on effective meeting planning and organisation.

Please contact us for more information on our work with Leadership Teams.

Because of our experience as managers, consultants and coaches around the world, we are asked to advise companies on a range of people issues. We do not provide large scale off the shelf solutions; rather we work closely with an organisation to provide a tailor-made solution using our skills. If we do not feel we are an effective provider of what you require, we will try to recommend you someone who is. Our people advisory services are determined entirely by our clients' needs, but include the following:

We work with companies going through change, such as a merger or acquisition, to assess the organisation from a people perspective. We make recommendations on how the organisation can improve its structure and effectiveness. We are also able to quickly benchmark talent against the market. We are not tied to any particular assessment or psychometric tools, but have experience of working with a range of different instruments, depending on the situation.

We work with companies to design tailored assessment and development centres and support their implementation.

Our executive search experience makes us experts in the field of executive compensation. We do not sell large-scale salary surveys, but we do advise companies on specifically how they need to structure and benchmark their compensation plans to attract and retain their key talent.

We are not providers of teambuilding programmes; we do work as expert facilitators to help clients have more effective meetings and workshops. Often this allows the leader of the business to be more of an active participant than they could be otherwise.

  • Management Assessments & Organisation Needs Assessments
  • Assessment Centre Design
  • Compensation Reviews
  • Meeting and Offsite Facilitation

We work with teams to support and challenge them as they define their key Purpose, Goals and Rules for working together.

We also facilitate team meetings and provide advice on effective meeting planning and organisation.

Please contact us for more information on our work with Leadership Teams.

We have hands-on experience of running businesses and leading teams in Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA. We also use insights from the world's leading cultural theorists and researchers. Our intercultural services include:

We work with incoming and outgoing executives who are going to work in a new culture. Rather than just providing a list of what to do and what not to do, we work with each executive individually, to raise their awareness of their own cultural preferences. We look at different validated cultural dimensions, and work with the executive to design an action plan of how to be effective in the new culture. We typically provide follow up coaching for the executive.

More and more executives are leading or working in multicultural teams. These may all be in one location, or remote or virtual teams spread around the globe. We work with leaders of these teams, and the teams themselves to raise awareness of the issues involved and to turn diversity into a competitive strength.

  • Intercultural Briefings & Coaching
  • Diverse Teams