TAYFUN KANDIRALI

After graduating from Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration, Tayfun Kandıralı worked in the field of capital markets for 23 years at Borsa İstanbul A.Ş., formerly the Istanbul Stock Exchange, serving in the markets, surveillance, inspection, and audit departments as a market expert, specialist, chief inspector, chief auditor, and Deputy Head of the Audit and Surveillance Board.During 18 years of his career at the Exchange, Kandıralı held managerial positions and served as project leader and project manager in several major initiatives, including the design, development, and implementation of the electronic trading system and the electronic surveillance and monitoring systems still used at Borsa İstanbul today. He also delivered numerous internal and external training programs on the systems, projects, and markets developed during this period.Throughout his career, Kandıralı has always placed people at the center of his work. In line with this orientation, he participated in numerous personal development programs. His love for and belief in people, his curiosity about understanding himself and human nature, and his passion for serving and contributing to others led him on a journey from the world of numbers and regulations to serving as a professional coach, trainer, and consultant.He received his coaching training from Adler Learning International, an International Coaching Federation-accredited school. Since 2014, Tayfun Kandıralı has been providing organizations with professional coaching, team coaching, strategic consulting services, leadership development programs, and training programs on management and leadership competencies. He has more than 5,000 hours of professional training experience and more than 3,500 hours of leadership and executive coaching experience.Kandıralı conducts research and studies in the fields of leadership, management, communication, strategy, decision science, philosophy, neuroscience, consciousness, and the subconscious. He also shares his knowledge and insights in these areas through blog posts and articles. He brought together his in-depth studies in the history of philosophy in his book Philosophy Is an Escape Plan: The Path of Thought from Thales to Artificial Intelligence, and published his work in decision science under the title The Outcome Trap: The Science and Practice of Making Better Decisions Under Uncertainty. His book projects in the field of strategy are currently in progress.In addition to his professional coaching credentials, Kandıralı holds the titles of internationally Erickson-certified NLP Master Practitioner and internationally IGH, International Guild of Hypnosis, certified Hypnotherapist. His main interests include cultural travel, camping, photography, poetry, philosophy, history, and Eastern martial arts. Kandıralı holds a 4th Dan black belt in Aikido.