"From sports I have learned early on how to set
clear goals, and the value of teamwork and
self-discipline. Much of it is transferable to
the enterprise for successful collaboration."
Extraordinary entrepreneurial qualities
Nilgün Aygen's outstanding entrepreneurial qualities developed early on: Born in Istanbul, with a American educational background and then completed a rigorous training as a classical ballet dancer, she knows that visions - at least most of the time - can only become reality with the right mindset and hard work discipline.
During her psychological consulting and counseling undergraduate studies, she founded her initial company at the age of 23. From the very beginning, longlasting approaches and committed partnerships have been Nilgün Aygen's secrets of success.
Founder of several successful
HR companies
Nilgün Aygen is the founder of several successful companies in the field of Human Resources and currently the Managing Director of Profiles International DACH, a globally renowned authority for scientifically based online assessments and the Managing Director of ValYouBel, offering unique talent relationship management services with its digital platform with radical approaches to recruiting.
Founding successful HR business startups, developing them ingeniously and leading them into the future - this is what always distinguishes Nilgün Aygen. Having established and grown seven successful HR consulting companies, she trained and guided several hundred of her own employees, built prosperous partner network organizations and continues to operate with hundreds of partners in the German-speaking countries of Europe.
Years of expertise in Management Assessments, Talent Relationship Management and in Sales Optimization
Nilgün Aygen has been supporting organizations in perfecting their recruitment processes, online assessment, talent relationship management and optimize their sales teams for almost 30 years. With her signature methodology, thousands of professionals have been evaluated, and vacancies have been filled significantly faster, more cost-effectively and more sustainably.
While pushing to achieve the highest quality standards with discipline, and perseverance, she combines visionary thinking and the ability to develop extraordinary right-fit solutions and her passion for making people happier and organizations more successful.
An example could be the global assessment project with over 1000 key account managers for a multi-national German technology company extending to over 100 countries. Another example is the assessment project comprising over 800 executives and sales employees of a German service company with over 40 countries. A third example is the assessment project of more than 400 managers and sales teams for an international production company spreading to 37 countries.
The Best for Sales
Since its publication, the second edition of the book “Die Besten für den Vertrieb - The Best for Sales” published in 2013/2015, has been one of the most sought after subject matter expert editions written on recruitment and sales optimization for the German-speaking market.
In this book, Nilgün Aygen explains in an efficient way by using relevant examples on how to use successful sales strategies to attract top employees.
Her signature methodology 'Focus-Quantity-Quality' is an omnipresent concept. When used correctly, this method can be highly efficient in avoiding disturbing misadjustments and lead to win a high percentage of selected service providers permanently for your organization as well as to further develop and retain your teams and departments.
One of the most inspiring and requested Key Note Speakers
Nilgün Aygen takes and adapts innovative approaches from related worlds. For example, she takes the sales process and makes it fit for recruiting, and another example is that she takes the talent scouting concept from the world of sports and performing arts and adapts to recruiting. Such unique propositions elevate her, without a doubt, to one of the pioneers in recruiting today.
Her insightful ability to devise unusual solutions as well as her talent to develop and inspire people and organizations have made her one of the most popular keynote speakers capable of presenting in three languages on the international market.
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