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Meet Yasemin 

Grateful for

Curiosity is my main driver, shaped by my background in the positive sciences.

 

This foundation allows me to view the humanities through an analytical yet human-centered lens.

 

Bridging evidence based-science and empathy in everything I do.

My top Value;

Freedom. For me, the ultimate luxury is the freedom to choose who we truly are.


Only through freedom can we live in full authenticity.


My joy is to walk with you as you honor your authentic self.

In Service

In service of the greater good.

 

I dedicate this phase of my life to empowering leaders, organizations, and communities to grow stronger, more resilient, and most importantly; more humane.

A trainer, facilitator and professional coach who has a strong life & health sciences background.

Yasemin Manavbaşı, a graduate of Sola Unitas Academy, accredited by International Coaching Federation, has ACC title and she works as an executive coach.

Dr. Yasemin Manavbaşı is a dynamic business leader with over two decades of multifaceted experience spanning quality management in the railway industry, managerial roles in healthcare businesses, academic involvement in EU projects, and business development in multinational settings. This diverse background ensures her great flexibility and a broad perspective in tackling various business challenges.

Her journey began with a foundation in biological sciences from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), followed by a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maine Business School in collaboration with Marmara University.

Starting her career in pharmaceutical sales, Dr. Manavbaşı transitioned into academia, serving as a research assistant and project coordinator in pharmacology at Gazi University. Her academic pursuits led her to Graz, Austria, where she co-directed and conducted research for an interdisciplinary EU project on pharmaceutical research.

Throughout her career, she has presented her findings at numerous international congresses both in Nort America and Europe alike.

Returning to Turkey, she embarked on an entrepreneurial journey, expanding an Austrian Company into the Turkish railway industry, specializing in Railway Inspection & EU Legislation Compliance Certification. Her leadership in business development and key account management played a pivotal role in establishing ERC (European Railway Company) as a prominent partner for both TCDD and its subcontractors during 2012-2017. Under her guidance, the team successfully contributed to the National Train Project in Turkey, demonstrating her adeptness at navigating diverse international and multicultural work environments.

Additionally, Dr. Manavbaşı has founded and managed a successful clinic in Istanbul, implementing a comprehensive business model that offers a wide array of aesthetic, surgical, and holistic health services.

Her career passion is to empower business leaders to enhance their effectiveness and creativity in problem-solving. Fostering a lifelong learning attitude through coaching, facilitating, and training is vital for her.

Alongside her coaching work at The Coaching Company, she has been providing trainings and seminars at various associations and organizations since 2013.

Her focus is leadership development, stress management, and time management trainings, utilizing the latest advancements in neuroscience to facilitate behavior change.

Outside of her professional pursuits, she is a daily meditator and meditation teacher, when possible, she makes solo travels around the World.

 

Professional institutions he is a member of:

  • ICF Global

  • ICF Turkiye Chapter

  • BPW Istanbul International Business and Professional Women Association

  • TEGEP Turkiye

  • METU Alumni Association

 

Training programs attended;

  • Deepak Chopra – Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor

  • Erickson Coaching International – NLP Expert Practitioner

  • Erickson Coaching International – NLP Practitioner

  • Sola Unitas Academy – ACTP Coaching Training

  • Sola Unitas Academy Career Coaching Training

  • TEGEP – Corporate Training Certificate Program

  • Viktor Frankl Institute Turkey- Existential Analysis Logotherapy Academician

  • SystemCert – Qualitaets Coaching Leoben Austria

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND EDUCATION    

Doktorate Degree

-2007 – 2011 PhD in Natural Sciences & Drug Research

TU Graz NAWI,

Graz Austria Austrian Academy of Sciences

Thesis:NKCS derived peptides as Anti-Cancer Therapeutics

Master’s Degree

-2023 – M.Sc in Applied Psychology Üsküdar Üniversitesi

-2003 – 2006 M.Sc in Pharmacology Gazi University – Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacology Ankara – Turkiye Thesis: The Gender Differences in the Relaxation of Levosimendan of Human Internal Mammary Artery

-2002 – 2003 MBA (Without Thesis) Marmara Contemporary Sciences Foundation in Collaboration with Maine University of Business School Istanbul – Turkiye

Bachelor’s Degree

-1996 – 2002 Biological Sciences ODTÜ Faculty of Art & Sciences Ankara – Turkiye

-2008 – 2024 Sociology Anatolian University – Associate Degree Programs

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00 90 533 313 5505
info@yaseminmanavbasi.com

Beşiktaş İstanbul
Bodrum Muğla

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