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Sanja Halilkanovic

Organizational Development Professional

Biography

Hi there, I’m Sanja and I am a psychologist and a leadership and organizational development professional with 10 years of experience in organizational psychology, mainly in fast-paced IT companies. Currently, I’m stepping out of my comfort zone and entering the field of leadership development in wholesale. I am passionate about coaching, mental health, diversity, sustainability and cross-cultural differences. As a person, I am generally cheerful, calm, and pretty straight-forward in communication. Sound arguments are my anchor in work, as well as in life. I am originally from Serbia, but I have lived in the Netherlands and Germany for more than 5 years already. Everything I do comes from a desire to help everyone in the world feel a bit happier.

Interests

  • Coaching
  • Leadership
  • Cross-cultural Psychology

Education

  • MSc in Economic Psychology, graduated with honors

    Tilburg University, the Netherlands

  • MSc in Cross-cultural Psychology, graduated with distinction

    Osnabrueck University, Germany

  • BA in Work & Organizational Psychology

    Belgrade University, Serbia

Skills

Organizational Development

Analytics

Leadership Development

Training

Internal Communication

Employee Engagement

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Head of Leadership Development

METRO AG

Jul 2021 – Present Germany

Responsibilities include:

  • Leadership development
  • Talent program management
  • Learning journey conception and implementation
  • Psychometric personality testing
  • Serving as a Learning Partner for a cluster of countries
 
 
 
 
 

Culture & Engagement Lead

Hospitality Digital GmbH/ METRO Company

Feb 2020 – Jul 2021 Germany

Responsibilities include:

  • Organizational Development and Company Culture
  • Employee Engagement
  • Recruitment
  • Performance Management
  • Team Coaching
  • Covid-19 Response Tactics
 
 
 
 
 

People & Culture Manager

MobiLab Solutions GmbH

Jul 2017 – Jan 2020 Germany

Responsibilities include:

  • Organizational Development and Company Culture
  • People Development
  • Employee Engagement
  • Recruitment
  • People Analytics
  • Performance Management
 
 
 
 
 

Sabbatical

University of Tilburg and University of Osnabrueck

Sep 2016 – Jul 2017 Netherlands and Germany
Took a short break from work to finish a double degree program in Cross-cultural Economic Psychology.
 
 
 
 
 

People Development and Recruitment Business Partner

Endava

May 2012 – Jul 2016 Serbia

Responsibilities include:

  • Implementation of People Development and Engagement strategy for the local office (120-300 employees)
  • Leading the PD&R Team (5 people)
  • Providing strategic metric-driven advice to the local Executive Board
  • Recruitment
  • People Analytics
  • Performance Management
 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

University of Belgrade

Oct 2011 – Apr 2012 Serbia

Responsibilities include:

  • Delivering practical lectures on the topics of Psychology in Management and Team Work
  • Coordinating student groups, grading assignments
 
 
 
 
 

Trainer

Belgrade Youth Office, Department of Novi Beograd

Nov 2010 – Apr 2012 Serbia

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing and delivering training sessions and job search seminars
  • Promoting activities of the office

Certifications

Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC)

CRR Global 2021

Reflector BIG5 Competency Assessment

HUCAMA 2021

CTI’s Co-Active Coaching Fundamentals

Schouten Global 2019

Intercultural Communication Trainer

University of Osnabrueck 2017

Leadership Coaching

GiANT Worldwide 2016
MBTI, personality dynamics, coaching, leadership

Fighting Youth Unemployment

European Comission 2012
NGO projects, youth activism, youth employment

Certified Trainer

USAID 2010

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