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Raluca Cristescu

Raluca Cristescu

Raluca Cristescu has over ten years of experience as a corporate trainer, focused mainly on soft skills for customer service and direct sales. She also enjoys writing about marketing and sharing best practices with knowledge entrepreneurs.

6 Organizational culture books to help you deal with the crisis

It’s clear that with the end of the pandemic in sight and glimpses of what the new normal will look like, companies need to tend to their cultures. Some organizational cultures have taken a hit during...

What to do about your organizational culture after the crisis

Organizations with a strong, positive culture have weathered the global health crisis and all that it has brought with it a lot better than others. However, every company and every person working ther...

The e-learning tools every L&D professional needs

The greatest thing about technological development is that now we have useful tools for many things that took a long time to get done before automation. The not-so-great thing is that there are so man...

Supporting self-directed learning in corporate training programs

Many corporate employees prefer self-directed learning, which is a celebrated professional development method. L&D specialists usually create learning paths for each role, but they also curate many va...

Why every organization should consider talent mobility

Organizations around the globe strive to acquire and develop the best talent they can find. It’s not an easy task in today’s economy and demographic situation. An important aspect that companies have ...

Talent development for better Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

A recent McKinsey study “reaffirms the strong business case for both gender diversity and ethnic and cultural diversity in corporate leadership [...] The most diverse companies are now more likely tha...

The power of the group: Using wikis in corporate training

Corporate employees are tired of conference calls. Whether it’s cameras on or off, from home or the office, Zoom fatigue got to most of us by now. Managers find it increasingly difficult to get team m...

Trust: the superglue your organization needs

Today’s news is all about a staffing shortage on a global level. There are several reasons for this, some related to the global health crisis, some to generational characteristics, and some to how cer...

How to foster a positive online learning community

One of the perks of social media is that it’s easy to find people with the same interests as yourself. I think it’s safe to say that there is essentially a group for anything, regardless of how niche ...

How Artificial Intelligence will transform the face of HR

Technology has already greatly transformed traditional HR. A few decades ago, one of the main functions of this department was to deal with payroll. They did this manually, it took a lot of time and r...

4 Important takeaways from the Mind The Workplace 2021 Report

Organizations have been setting up wellbeing programs for their employees for a rather long time. Whether these entailed art workshops, massage sessions, tickets to entertaining events, or incentives ...

4 Barriers to overcome in an inclusive training environment

I've recently watched an interview with a leading actress in a popular period drama. She was saying how she never imagined she could ever be part of such a big production because of the color of her s...

What organizations need to do for better career development

In the era of continuous disruption, it makes perfect sense that individuals take ownership of their own careers. It's important to be self-aware, figure out your goals, and work towards them efficien...

What does career-building mean in today’s business environment?

For the longest time, "climbing the corporate ladder" has been the perfect phrasing for what building a career in a large organization meant. It was all about hard work, being seen, recognition, and p...

How to mentor an inexperienced instructional designer

With so many of the Baby Boomers retired over the past two years, combined with a global staffing shortage, your L&D department might have to hire an instructional designer with little to no experienc...

3 No-nonsense ways to boost employee engagement

What makes a good employer? A culture of growth, nicely furnished well-lit office spaces, good coffee, and a competitive benefits package? Yes, those matter. As does decent remuneration – even people ...

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