MEET DENIZ KAYADELEN
WHO IS DENIZ KAYADELEN?
Inspirational Speaker - Business Psychologist - ICF accredited Coach - Managing consultant Big4 experience for Fortune 500 companies - Extreme Swimmer - World Record Holder -
Bestselling Author and Founder of "Out of Comfort Zone"
ACHIEVEMENTS
Triple Crown Swim completed (2024)
Turkish and German Record time of Manhattan Swim (2024)
Catalina Channel Solo Swimmer (2024)
Highest swim on Earth World Record (2024)
Nominated as Top 10 influential women (2023)
Speaker at TEDx Youth Bodrum College (2023)
English Channel Solo Swimmer (2023)
5 times World Champion in Ice Swimming (2023)
Bestselling Book in English, German & Turkish
Deniz Kayadelen, a M.Sc. Business Psychologist, a multicultural person of Turkish descent who was born and raised in Germany.
Deniz's university education has been a bright reflection of her enriching life experiences in two countries and cultures. Deniz became the first student to achieve a double diploma (business and organizational psychology) upon successfully completing the challenging requirements of both Istanbul University (Turkey) and Ruhr University (Germany). Continuing with her brilliant academic endeavors, she successfully earned her M.Sc. degree in Business Psychology at Bochum University. Deniz is the author of the German book: "Deutsche Expatriates in der Türkei, Erfolgreiches Management im internationalen Kontext," meaning German expats in Turkey, successful management in an international context. And her second new best-selling book in 3 languages (English, Turkish and German) "Out of Comfort Zone".
Deniz is currently living in Switzerland, Zürich. She has been a consultant for over 12 years, and her expertise is in change management, talent management, and the future of work. She worked seven years as a senior manager at EY, leading Talent Management Consulting in People Advisory Services. She also has extensive experience in international rollouts, intercultural trainings, coachings, executive assessments and learning and development. She is a certified change manager, diagnostic expert, innovation trainer, intercultural ICF-certified coach, and moderator. Deniz consulted more than 20 companies and managed more than 30 projects.
Besides her career, Deniz is a competitive open water, extreme swimmer, and pool swimmer and is swimming for Turkey and Germany. Her latest achievement is completing the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a time record in Manhattan Swim. She is a 5-time World Champion record holder in Ice Swimming 50m and 100m Butterfly age category. She has won many gold medals in national and international swimming races, including the Istanbul Bosphorus cross-continental, Dardanelles (Canakkale), and Meis (Castellorizo)-Kas races in Turkey several times as well as the regional German Championships- Hessische Meisterschaften in 100, 400m Freestyle. She swam 42.4 km in 24 hours in Stuttgart and had first place amongst women. Also, she crossed the North Channel as a relay among toxic jellyfish and sharks. She also represents Turkey and Germany in the World Championship Oceanman and European Masters Championships.
Deniz's passion for swimming is very high, and she likes to go out of her comfort zone to explore her limits as well as inspire others.
SWIMMER
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LAST 5 YEARS
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming achieved, August 2024
- Manhattan Swim with Record Time for Turkey and Germany, August 2024
-Catalina Channel Swim, July 2024
- World Record: To swim in the highest body of water on Earth, 6,405m altitude on peak Putha Hiunchuli, Himalayas, May 2024
- 3rd place in Ice Swimming 200m and 450m Freestyle, age category in Tallinn Estonia 2024 (water temp. 0.2 degrees)
-English Channel Solo Swimmer from England to France, July 2023
-World Champion in Ice Swimming 50m and 100m Butterfly age category in Samoens France 2023(water temp. 4.2 degrees)
- World Champion Ice Swimming (water temp. 3.2 degrees) in 500m - 250m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly age category, Poland Glogow 2022
- World Championship Ice Swimming, 2nd place age category, Poland Glogow 2022
- World Record Attempt Relay 320 km Swimming from Russia to Turkey, Blacksea
- Robben Island to Cape Town Solo swim, South Africa 2020
- English Channel Relay Swimmer from England to France, 2019
- North Channel Relay Swimmer from Ireland to Scottland, 2019
PSYCHOLOGIST
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- Double Major Degree in Psychology (Istanbul University & Bochum Ruhr University)
- M.Sc Business and organizational psychology (Bochum Ruhr University)
- Author of the German book "Successfull Management in the international context: German expats in Turkey
- Prosci certified Change Manager & People Transformation Expert
- EY certified innovation trainer, coach, moderator in Design Thinking and agile working
- More than 10 years management consulting & HR experience with focus topics: Future of work, Talent Management, Change Management, Executive Assessments, Agile Working.
- Different Projects in more than 5 industries and 20 companies.
- Key note speech activities in universities, international companies
- Certified Intercultural Trainer and Training Design Expert
- Certified Diagnostic Expert, Assessment and Coaching
- ICF Accredited ACC Transformative Coach
INSPIRING OTHERS
IN THREE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, GERMAN AND TURKISH
Deniz also can be booked to give inspirational speeches about motivation, breaking limits, and going out of the comfort zone. With more than 10 years of experience in the executive environment and more than 20 years breaking limits with sports, she has a lot of great experiences and knowledge to share.
