Olesya Chumakova

Activist
DISC Type : Cd

Business Consultant at Freelance

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Overview

Olesya Chumakova is an international business consultant and Agile coach with over 15 years of experience leading transformation projects in Central Asia and Turkey. A member of the International Coaching Federation, she specializes in building growth cultures and implementing Agile practices. Colleagues describe her as dedicated, passionate, creative, and highly professional.

Olesya is deeply passionate about continuous personal and professional development. She actively participates in communities like the Reinvention Academy and attends masterclasses on global careers, demonstrating a commitment to lifelong learning and networking with fellow professionals to exchange insights on managing change and growth.

Unique fact: While at BAT, she led the cultural transformation that brought the Kazakhstan division to #2 globally out of 160 countries in transformation speed.

Personality Overview

Observative

Meticulous

Logical And Quick

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.  They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Topics They Care About

Agile Transformation
As an Agile coach, she has implemented Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban in HR, Finance, and Marketing departments across multiple international companies.
Growth Culture
Her career focuses on building systems for learning, talent management, and developing a growth culture within large organizations.
Leadership Development
She has extensive experience training leaders, having facilitated over 100 strategic sessions and conducted more than 50 Train-the-Trainer programs.

Media Appearances

Olesya has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2023
Business Consultant at Freelance
3-2025 - 6-2025
Head of Consulting L&D Department at El Group Consulting
4-2021 - 4-2023
Culture Transformation Manager at BAT
11-2019 - 4-2021
National Social Selling Manager at BAT
9-2015 - 11-2019
Marketing Skills Development Manager Kazakhstan & SCA at BAT

Education

1998 - 2002
Bachelor from American University in Central Asia

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Insights For Selling To Olesya

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product
  • Make sure that you you respond to any queries from them quickly
  • Make sure that they have the necessary authority, they could present false stature sometimes

DONT's

  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Do not give up if they are not convinced, try again with a different approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Olesya is

  • Confidence in the product plays an important role, followed by powerful testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Olesya

  • They might hesitate a little, but they will say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Olesya move?

  • Their decision making speed is somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Olesya take some risk or not?

  • Once they have analyzed the pros and cons, they can take some risks.

You And Olesya

Personality Compatibility


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