News from World Business Forum World Leaders Shared Their Unique Experiences

Providing information about the speeches from Baltas Group, Özgehan Özlem Akgün stated that the participants at the World Business Forum were very impressed by the unique experiences of the speakers. He also stated that the information shared during the event created great added value in the business lives of the participants and shared short notes about the speeches as follows:
The first speaker of the second day was Jim Collins; He once again underlined the sentence “Take the right people on the bus when you set off”, which he mentioned in his book “From Good to Great” and emphasized that it is very important in business life.
Jack Welch was the second speaker at the event. Welch talked about management success and the importance of dialogue beyond these to create successful organizations. The other highlighted part of Welch’s speech was the roles of leaders and managers in achieving successful results.
The title of the speech of Marcus Buckingham, who had a special session the day after the WBF; It was “Strengths Guiding.” Marcus Buckingham attracted great attention with his speech, explaining that talent is very important as well as knowledge and skills, and the benefits of being able to use one’s strengths and a trusting environment in the workplace.
The much anticipated and latest speaker Tony Blair’s speech covered Global wealth and the challenges that endanger it. In his speech, Tony Blair also touched upon the importance of establishing long-lasting peace and strong democracies in a turbulent world.
The first speaker of the event on Tuesday, September 23 was Bill George, who was the CEO of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical company, for 10 years. Speaking under the title of leadership, Bill George stated that the starting point of developing leadership is personal awareness. He also underlined that as George progresses on his leadership path, wealth, success and image should not be confused with leadership.
John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, the world leader in digital technology development, gave his speech under the title of Innovation, Vision and Growth, which is on the agenda of business life these days. In John Chambers’ speech, he defined the two cornerstones of the growth strategy as “Creativity” and “Willingness to Action”.
Michael Porter, who is considered the world’s greatest authority on strategy, was the third speaker at the event. Michael Porter, who shared the topic of strategy with the participants in the stages from planning to implementation, impressively expressed the role of strategy in the intense competitive environment.
In the 4th session of the event, companies from the rapidly developing and booming economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China found a way to compete with companies that have been in the market for a long time and were previously described as untouchable; Roger Agnelli, Gulzhan Moldazhanova, Narayana Murthy were evaluated under the moderation of Antoine Van Agtmael.
In the last two parts of the event, Terry Leahy gave his speech titled Directing Customer Values, while the closing took place with Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. Powell and Albright talked to participants about the challenges of unrest in global politics; developing trends in trade; They provided an experience that participants watched breathlessly, from developing trends in economy to sustainability.