Empowers organizations and their leaders across generations
Management consulting since 2002. His most focused area is succession in family businesses and the SPALDA® Academy he founded; he brings three areas together on an axis of corporate governance, with a holistic view.
A Deepened Experience in Succession in Family Businesses
With nearly a quarter-century of experience since 2002, Orhan Erkut is a management consultant who empowers organizations and their leaders to endure across generations. His focus is succession in family businesses, which he carries out through the SPALDA® Academy he founded: he aims to raise the next generation not merely as operational managers but as responsible shareholders who grasp the enterprise as a whole. He pursues executive search and strategic management consulting with the same holistic view, placing corporate governance principles at the centre. In some of the companies he works with, he also serves as an independent board member.
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Three Mutually Reinforcing Areas of Expertise
These three areas are parts of a holistic approach built around succession in family businesses, completed by management consulting and executive search, and converging on corporate governance.
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Succession in Family Businesses
By founding the SPALDA® Academy, he developed an original and distinctive approach to intergenerational transition in family businesses. This methodology offers a holistic learning journey that lets the current generation (NowGen) pass on its experience while helping the next generation (NextGen) discover its potential and grow into responsible shareholders who grasp the enterprise as a whole.
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Management Consulting
He works in strategic management, the design of management systems, and corporate governance; going into the field alongside the management team, he contributes directly to companies' business outcomes.
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Executive Search
The roots of this work reach back to a talent and recruitment practice in 2005, which over time evolved into executive search. He helps companies in Türkiye and around the world define the leadership profiles they need, and is recognized as a guiding professional in his field.
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Nearly a quarter-century, in numbers
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25+
Industries / Sub-industries
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30+
Families
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100+
Companies
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20,000+
Hours of consulting
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200+
Executive placements
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50,000+
Interview decisions
- Family Businesses · Succession
Proving Your Worth Before Coming Home
The children of family businesses who study abroad often don't come back "ready," because a diploma isn't enough. I describe how to prove your worth before coming home, discover your own talent within the business functions, and build a simple but structured order that manages the anxieties of both sides.
- Family Businesses · Succession
Next Generation in Family Businesses and Personalised Education
When preparing the next generation in family businesses, it is important to offer tailor-made approaches that support individuals' true motivations and potential rather than traditional methods.
- Family Businesses · Succession
We'll Go Ahead; The Steam Will Come Later: An Intergenerational Journey in Family Businesses
Instead of asking "Will this child make it?", I propose a long intergenerational journey for families. An approach that avoids early judgments and is systematic and patient.
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