●  GLOBAL HR COMMUNITY

Where people managers Explore, Innovate and Activate the future of work.

A global space for HR professionals and curious minds — built on real experience, not corporate noise.

LATEST ARTICLES
01 Companies Are Training People for AI. It's Not Working
02 Managers Know What's Broken. Nobody Is Asking Them.
03 1 in 4 Managers Doesn't Share Feedback -- Even When It's Good
04 People Feel Better About Money -- But They're Still Worried
05 AI Is Creating a New Gender Gap -- and Most People Haven't Noticed
06 People Are About to Start Leaving -- and Most Companies Aren't Ready
07 More Jobs, More Layoffs, More Confusion -- and Your Team Is Watching

What we do/
Our Activities

The formats through which the community lives, learns, and works together.

Gabriela Rosca

Gabriela Roşca

Founder SMART HR Community

Twice a month, open to all members. Real dilemmas from the world of people management, discussed live — without the filter of hierarchy or corporate politics.

Quarterly, dedicated sessions for middle managers and for high-level managers. Structured peer exchange with professionals at your level, from different countries and industries.

Small-group format (5–10 participants), guided by an experienced coach or senior leader. A new group starts every month, running 5 sessions per cohort — deep, confidential work on the tensions people managers actually live with.

Quarterly exchanges among senior peers from comparable regional contexts — because a challenge in one market often has an answer in another.

Three times a year, in person. Legal issues, experience exchange, and the human connection that online can't fully replace.

Our flagship Event: international speakers, debate tracks, and the community coming together around the biggest questions in people management. Members receive exclusive discounts.

A rotating board of senior members (6-month mandates) who shape the community's direction — because SMART HR is built with its members, not just for them.

Recordings of debates and sessions, keynote videos, event presentations, practice guides (psychological safety, feedback), and community survey reports (pay transparency and more).

2026 Community Events

Thu, Jul 16 9:00am - 5:00pm EEST
Text Chat 
Community Open Day — Is the 9-to-5 schedule Dead?

Join us for a live chat conversation on one of the most talked-about workplace shifts of 2026: microshifting. 65% of workers say they want to break their workday into short, focused bursts — working around their life, not the other way around. Some are already doing it quietly, without telling their manager. And organizations are split: some are embracing it as the future of flexible work, others are watching it erode collaboration and accountability.

Event image
Thu, Jul 9 5:00pm - 6:30pm EEST
Zoom
Skills Over Titles: The End of Traditional Careers?
Moderator: Tatiana Mircea

But what happens when organizations start asking a different question — not "what is your title?" but "what can you do?" The shift toward skills-based models is already reshaping how companies hire, develop, and promote their people. On paper, it sounds like progress — more meritocratic, more flexible, more focused on real capability.
Guest Speakers: Mariano Alonso González, Eveliene Witjes, Louise Dornan Thompson, Leonard Rizoiu

Event image
Wed, May 13 1:00pm - 3:00pm EEST
Livestream 
Transparența Salarială: între necesitate și practică Sesiune de dezbatere online

Legea transparenței salariale este aici. Dar cum o aplicăm în realitate?
SMART HR Community te invită la o sesiune de dezbatere cu oamenii care contează — specialiști HR și Legal de top, alături de reprezentanți ai Comisiei pentru muncă, familie și protecție socială din Senatul României.
Locurile fizice s-au ocupat deja. Dar poți fi parte din această conversație importantă online, în timp real.

Event image

 ● RESOURCE HUB

New in the Resource Hub

 PDF Guide

Workplace Psychological Safety Guide

For HR professionals

 Report

Pay Transparency Survey Report

Internal study — SMART HR Community

 Resource

EX and Talent Chase

Employee Experience & Talent Strategy

Working Document

Pay Transparency — Working Document

Ministry consultation paper

 Video

Building a Competitive Advantage with Top Talent in the AI Era

Recorded session

 Video

Fatherhood at Work: The Blind Spot in EX

Recorded session

● Board Member Spotlight: Raluca Andrei

SMART HR is delighted to welcome Raluca Andrei to our Advisory Board!

Raluca Andrei - Partner at Tudor, Andrei & Associates (BDO Legal) 

With over 25 years of legal practice, Raluca has advised companies across a wide range of industries and stages of growth — from complex corporate groups to entrepreneurial ventures. Her expertise spans labour law, commercial litigation, arbitration, M&A, compliance and governance, giving her a rare, integrated view of the challenges businesses face today.

Raluca first connected with our community at one of our recent events, drawn to the way SMART HR combines valuable, timely content with an open, interactive dialogue between speakers and participants — an experience that confirmed everything she'd heard about our mission to build a relevant, impact-driven professional community.

"I believe there is a natural convergence between my professional experience and SMART HR's mission," says Raluca. "Labour legislation, compliance, sustainability and governance can no longer be viewed separately from HR policy — this integrated, multidisciplinary approach is one I have consistently promoted throughout my career."

For Raluca, joining the Advisory Board is both a responsibility and an opportunity: to support SMART HR's mission of shaping how Romanian companies build organizational culture and their relationships with employees, and to help equip organizations for the challenges ahead — alongside a community of professionals who share that same commitment to meaningful, practical impact.

Welcome aboard, Raluca — we're excited for the perspective you bring to SMART HR!

Raluca Andrei

Our Advisory Board

August 2026 – January 2027 Board Term

Crina Ilie
Crina Ilie
Senior Vice President, EMEA CPO

GlobalLogic

Delia Izvernari
Delia Izvernari
Country HR Director

Valeo

Elena Anghel
Elena Anghel
Human Resources Director

Marathon Distribution Group

Irina Strajescu
Irina Străjescu
People & Communication Director

Moldcell

Nicoleta Pantea
Nicoleta Pantea
Director of Human Resources Division

FAN Courier

Raluca Andrei
Raluca Andrei
Partner

Tudor, Andrei & Associates

Ioana Grigore
Ioana Grigore
Head of HR

Orange Services

Team Member
Soon to be elected

Team Member
Soon to be elected

Team Member
Soon to be elected

Team Member
Soon to be elected

Team Member
Soon to be elected

● SERVICE PACKAGES

Choose a Plan and Start Today!

🛈 Whenever you're ready to go deeper — with working groups, small-group supporting cohorts, and a full resource library of recordings, guides, and reports — Innovate and Activate Memberships are there to take you further.

Explore Plan

FREE

As an Explore Member, here is what is waiting for you inside the community:

● Online Debate Groups — twice a month, open to all members — real dilemmas discussed without the filter of hierarchy or corporate politics.
● Curated Content — news on the hottest topics and trends in HR and people management, so you stay current without having to chase it yourself.
● Community Open Days — meet and interact with other members, share ideas, and discuss the topics that matter to you, via the community portal.
● Direct Chat — reach out to any member of the community one-on-one, whenever a conversation would help.

Innovate Plan

€180 +VAT/ Year

As an Innovate Member, here is what is waiting for you inside the community:

● Online Debate Groups — international discussions on the topics that shape people management today.
● Online Working Groups — collaborative sessions where professionals tackle shared challenges together.
● Community Open Days — all-member open dialogue spaces, available via the community portal.
● In-person and hybrid events — including the flagship SMART HR conference series.
● Access to SMART HR guides, survey reports, and event recordings.
● Peer mentoring pairs and skill-building micro-workshops (upcoming).

★ Best choice Activate Plan

€600 +VAT/ Year

As an Activate Member, here is what is waiting for you inside the community:

● Online Debate Groups — structured international discussions on the topics shaping people management today.
● Online Working Groups — collaborative sessions where senior professionals tackle shared challenges and build joint resources.
● Share Experience Sessions — peer exchange on real leadership situations, in a closed, trusted format.
● Community Open Days — all-member open dialogue spaces, available via the community portal.
● In-person and hybrid events — including the flagship SMART HR conference series.
● Advisory Board — Activate members are eligible to apply for the SMART HR Advisory Board, advising on community direction, events, and speakers.
● Full access to the SMART HR resource library — guides, survey reports, event recordings, and working documents.
● Peer mentoring pairs and international project teams (upcoming).
● Executive Roundtables — high-level, closed-format dialogue sessions for senior leaders(upcoming).

© Copyright 2026 SMART HR Community - All Rights Reserved