Gabriel Chitu

About

With over 25 years of diverse corporate expertise spanning different regional and global roles, I've transitioned into a role as a Trainer & Facilitator. I specialize in aiding leaders in navigating intricate challenges and steering organizational transformation. My focus areas include Leadership Growth, Business Development and Business Psychology. I've conducted in-person workshops in 40+ locations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, accumulating 20,000+ hours of facilitation experience. I find immense joy in contributing positively to the growth and progress of individuals and teams within diverse organizational settings. ◈ 25+ years of professional experience ◈ 12+ years in HR management ◈ 12+ years in Project Management ◈ 10+ years in people management ◈ 20,000+ hours of workshop facilitation in over 40 locations across Europe, Middle East, Africa ◈ International exposure: lived and worked in Qatar, Slovakia and Romania, plus multiple business trips across Europe, Middle East and Africa

Experience

• People Development Lead · Ascendis2019-10-01 –

  Leadership Development Trainer, providing globally learning & development programs to senior executive teams to transform organizational culture. Senior Lead Facilitator and Advisor, delivering live webinars and face-to-face workshops that drive real personal and business impact on different topics such as: Selling Skills, Growth Mindset, Unconscious Bias, Leadership Skills, Talent Management, Effective Communication, Presentation Skills, Train-the-Trainers and many more.

• Creative Director & Co-Founder at YOO · Ascendis2021-01-01 –

  YOO by Ascendis is a niche agency dedicated to HR professionals, here to elevate your internal and external communication with powerful campaigns that make YOO stand out. Whether we’re turning your HR team into engagement champions with creative internal initiatives or boosting your brand’s presence through appearances in top magazines and at industry events, our strategies ensure YOO are always in the spotlight. Our services: Employer Branding Campaigns, Internal Communication Campaigns, Creative Communication, Brand Management, Recruitment Campaigns, Employee Engagement Campaigns, Onboarding Programs, Video Production, Employee Advocacy Campaigns, Diversity & Inclusion Comm, HR Newsletters, Media Training, HR Publications and HR Events.

• Talent Management Partner - Europe, Middle East, Africa · HP2017-07-01 – 2019-07-01

  Leads Talent and Learning for key senior leaders in the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions in close collaboration with HRBPs and business leaders. Work with HR business partners and business leaders to identify strategic talent and organization performance requirements and execute targeted solutions for assigned client organization.

• Global People Development Business Partner · Orange Business Services2016-07-01 – 2017-06-01

  Accountable for the implementation of a comprehensive approach to external and internal certifications in line with business requirements across Asia-Pacific, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Owns the governance and management for the global certification program and ensures that the right certifications required to obtain and nurture business, for the right employees, are proactively pursued and obtained across relevant business units and regions.

• Learning & Development Manager · Provident Financial2014-11-01 – 2016-03-01

  Coordinating Learning & Development department's activities aligned to support business priorities, including classroom and virtual facilitation, talent management, coaching, mentoring, and best practice sharing within and across sales force, call center and different other functions. Providing consulting services and acting as the main point of contact for business partners in order to align learning needs with strategic priorities and prescribe innovative, practical learning and capability development solutions.

• Learning & Capability Development Manager · Vodafone Qatar2013-11-01 – 2014-07-01

  Creating the overall learning and development framework, then coordinates and manages the execution and delivery of specific programmes with cross-functional teams. Research and analyse the learning needs for the various types of channels, such as Retail, Enterprise, Marketing, Finance. Work with key stakeholders and groups to ensure that training materials are developed and delivered on time and to quality standards at the appropriate times during the launch and go to market process.

• Global Partners Training Manager · Bitdefender2011-02-01 – 2012-12-01

  Creating and managing a strategic training program that increase channel partners’ ability to sell, deploy, and support Bitdefender products. Creating the overall training framework then coordinate and manage the execution and delivery of specific programs with cross functional teams. Create communication channels between the teams involved in training production and delivery. Research and analyse the training needs for the various types of channel partners. Work with key stakeholders and groups to ensure that training materials are developed and delivered on time and to quality standards at the appropriate times during the launch and go to market process.

• Project Manager / Corporate Sales Trainer · Orange2010-03-01 – 2011-02-01

  Project Manager – responsible for designing and implementing two strategic development programmes aimed to delivering a consistent customer experience: "Sales Academy"- for B2B sales force, and "Walk the Talk"for all middle-management positions in Orange Romania (transversal). Manages the entire development process for B2B sales force in, including: needs assessment, learning solutions, performance management, career path, individual development plans. Programme Leader – responsible for delivering Project Management training sessions (Kepner-Tregoe Certification) and support all participants to use these processes to achieve strategic and operational outcomes.

• Sales Trainer · Orange2006-07-01 – 2010-03-01

  Designs and delivers training programmes: sales & negotiating techniques, project management, training on-the-job –sales skills related, team building workshop. Conducts needs assessments to determine specific learning needs of sales force and other internal clients; establishes priorities for training programmes and audiences which support the strategic plan and service quality initiatives. Designs learning solutions to meet the identified learning needs of internal clients; prepares goals and outcome measures to evaluate programme effectiveness. Assesses and improves the effectiveness of on-going employee and management development strategies to ensure consistency and quality across the organization.

Education

• NeuroLeadership InstituteCertificate in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership (CFN)
• ÉPG - École Parisienne de GestaltAdvanced Techniques for Counseling and Psychotherapy
• University of Bucharest, PHBA, Psychology and Educational Sciences

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