Education and qualifications
- Yıldız Technical University — Industrial Engineering
- Istanbul University — MBA in English
- Boğaziçi University — Human Resources Management
- Harvard University — Leadership Program
Seçil Özbayır
Combines more than 20 years of HR, leadership development, organizational transformation, and coaching experience with wellbeing, yoga, and international transition work.
I care about individuals and organizations not just surviving moments of change, but turning that transformation into a conscious source of strength. My aim is to show that professional goals and sustainable wellbeing can move forward on the same journey.
Seçil Özbayır is a transformation and career coach, NLP specialist, Hatha & Yin yoga instructor, and a multidimensional development professional working across HR and corporate sustainability. She combines more than 20 years of professional experience in Human Resources, leadership development, organizational transformation, and coaching.
She held roles across machinery, textile, building materials, and cement sectors, most recently serving for 14 years as Human Resources Manager. Since 2022, she has focused her work on professional coaching, leadership development, career consulting, corporate training, and wellbeing projects.
Today, she supports individual and organizational transformation through leadership development, change management, employee experience, team development, and awareness-based development programs. She combines her strong corporate experience in Türkiye with her international life experience in the Netherlands, guiding individuals and teams especially through change, restructuring, and transition processes.
Moving to the Netherlands in October 2024 allowed her to personally experience career transition and building a life in a new country, deepening her work in Transitional Intelligence (TQ).
Who does this expert work with?
- Professionals going through career change
- Leaders and managers
- Human resources and organizational transformation teams
- Individuals transitioning to a new country or a new career
- People seeking wellbeing- and awareness-based development
- Organizations, teams, and restructuring processes
CV and experience timeline
- 20+ years
Corporate experience
Held various roles across machinery, textile, building materials, and cement sectors.
- 14 years
Human Resources Manager
Managed HR, employee experience, and organizational development processes in a corporate environment.
- 2022-current
Coaching, leadership development, and wellbeing
Focused on professional coaching, career consulting, corporate training, and wellbeing projects.
- 2024
Netherlands and Transitional Intelligence
Moved to the Netherlands, deepening her work in career transition, building life in a new country, and TQ.
Education and qualifications
- Yıldız Technical University — Industrial Engineering
- Istanbul University — MBA in English
- Boğaziçi University — Human Resources Management
- Harvard University — Leadership Program
- PERYÖN — HR Masters Program
- Koç University — Senior Executive Development Program
- University of Crete & Alba Graduate Business School — Corporate Social Responsibility Diploma
- House of Human — RLAC, Recognized Leader as a Coach
- Erickson International — Modules 1-4 Professional Erickson Coaching Program
- Erickson International — Module V Level 2 ACTP, NLP Practitioner, Transformational Training of Trainers, Deep Coaching
- Gestalt Coaching — Helping People Get Out of Their Own Way
- Yoga Alliance — 200-hour Hatha Yoga and 50-hour Yin Yoga instructor training
- Colaborix — AI Champion Accelerator
Areas of expertise
- Leadership and Executive Development
- Professional Coaching
- Career Coaching
- Organizational Transformation
- Human Resources Consulting
- Corporate Training
- Wellbeing
- Mindfulness
- Yoga
- Transitional Intelligence
Approach
Seçil Özbayır’s approach brings together a systemic organizational view and the need for individual transformation. Combining engineering, HR management, coaching, wellbeing, and yoga, she supports both professional goals and sustainable development capacity.
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Combines more than 20 years of HR, leadership development, organizational transformation, and coaching experience with wellbeing, yoga, and international transition work.