Hande A.-Communication & Leadership Coach & Trainer

𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥, 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.

• Transformational leadership coach working with new amp; seasoned leaders on navigating career journeys, managing personal and professional change, and developing leadership, public speaking, and communication skills.

• Design and delivery of a wide range of training sessions and workshops for public, private, and NGO sectors, including leadership, cross-cultural communication, ideation to implementation, conflict management and resolution, problem solving, critical thinking, team building and management, resource management, and interpersonal skills.

• Moderating and facilitating workshops to support better decision-making, effective public speaking, delivering elevator pitches, working with other cultures, using AI in leadership, preventing burnout, and maintaining work-life balance.

• Supporting career and personal development through tailored workshops, training, coaching, and mentoring, especially for fresh graduates, start-ups, and entrepreneurs.

• Working with start-ups and entrepreneurs to build stronger communication and leadership approaches through improved storytelling, public speaking, and effective communication skills.

• Delivering pro bono mentoring to support women’s empowerment through platforms including Femme Palette, UNDP, Female Founders Tribe, and Coaching Innovators.

• Hosting free monthly webinars with co-hosts on key topics for professionals, including career navigation, internationalization, leading as your authentic self, returning to the job market, leadership in the 21st century, and managing change.

• Oversee and manage all RET operations in Turkey, ensuring technical and financial oversight of active and planned programs.
• Organize initiatives to strengthen donor relations and expand the stakeholder portfolio for RET Alliance, including entities such as RET International and LEAP Women’s Cooperative.
• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of 40 staff across HR, Finance, Procurement, Logistics, Data Management, and Reporting, as well as field personnel.
• Coordinate resources, monitor technical and budget performance, and oversee performance reviews for all projects and programs implemented in Turkey.
• Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality technical and financial reports to donors, and represent RET Alliance in meetings with partners, donors, and UN working groups.

• Manage the recruitment of key and non-key experts during tender preparation and ongoing projects, including conducting interviews and managing internal recruitment processes.
• Develop strategies, rationales, timelines, logical frameworks, and budget sections for tender dossiers, while also writing key sections of tender proposals.
• Serve as a non-key expert in various EU-funded projects, contributing to market research, data analysis, workshop moderation, and quality assurance.

• Write project proposals for municipalities, NGOs, and private organizations, following national and EU funding program guidelines.
• Deliver seminars for NGOs on available EU funds and conduct capacity-building sessions on writing grant proposals.
• Research funding opportunities for municipalities and NGOs, and design communication plans for current and potential clients.

• Provide consultancy services on EU funds and foreign-funded projects, including project writing from idea assessment through submission and coordination.
• Deliver training sessions to NGOs on project preparation, project cycle management, and event management, while providing consultancy on CSR and organizational capacity management.