Hart Consulting

06/10/2026

Are we selecting leaders for their ability to stand out or to build high-performing teams?

Ahead of Hart Consulting’s conference, “Setting the Global Leadership Standard”, we asked our keynote speaker, Garrett Shaffer - Regional Director EU distributors, Hogan Assessments - a question at the heart of today’s leadership selection challenges:

❓ If there are so many discrepancies between what competencies leaders demonstrate and what employees actually want, what are we really selecting for in leadership today?

”In practice, many selection decisions are driven by indicators of leadership emergence: favoring individuals who are highly visible, skilled networkers, compelling communicators, or those who can confidently promote an ambitious vision. While these traits often help individuals stand out and advance into leadership positions, Hogan’s research makes a clear distinction: the qualities that drive emergence are not always the same as those required for leadership effectiveness. At senior levels, success is defined less by visibility and influence, and more by the ability to build, develop, and sustain high-performing teams. As a result, organizations that over-index on emergence indicators may achieve short-term momentum but risk selecting leaders who struggle to deliver consistent, long-term performance.”

Join us on 🗓️ 30 October to discus more about the distinction between leadership emergence and effectiveness and what it means for how we identify, select, and develop leaders.

https://www.hartconsulting.eu/ro/conferinta/setting-the-global-leadership-standard/

30/09/2026

📣 We’re delighted to welcome Raluca Dolan, HR Director at Cognizant Romania, as a speaker at “Setting the Global Leadership Standard” conference.

👉 https://www.hartconsulting.eu/ro/conferinta/setting-the-global-leadership-standard/

With over 20 years of international experience, Raluca brings a perspective shaped by organizational transformation, integration, and business growth. Working closely with executive teams, she connects people strategy with business priorities, keeping culture, engagement, and trust at the heart of change.

Join us to find out what employees actually need from their leaders—and what it takes to translate those expectations into everyday leadership practice.

🗓️ October 30, 2026
📍 JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel

29/09/2026

💡 In today’s more constrained and unpredictable market, which leadership behaviours become most dangerous under pressure?

Nevenca Doca, Senior Executive Director of Human Resources at Banca Transilvania, and speaker at our conference, offered us an answer:

”Under pressure, some of the most dangerous leadership behaviours are impulsive decision-making and a disregard for the emotional impact that decisions and leadership behaviours can have on people across the organisation.

Another significant risk is pushing an excessively high pace of change and transformation. When organisations are constantly asked to adapt, restructure and accelerate, teams can become depleted of the energy, clarity and creativity that are essential for any successful business endeavour.”

This is one of the questions we will explore at the Hart Consulting & Hogan Assessments – 20 Years Conference: ”Setting the Global Leadership Standard”.

🗓️ 30 October
📍 Bucharest

About the event 👉 https://www.hartconsulting.eu/ro/conferinta/setting-the-global-leadership-standard/

For registration, please contact us at: [email protected]

24/09/2026

📢 We’re pleased to welcome Sezamo as a partner of our conference - ”Setting the Global Leadership Standard.”

https://www.hartconsulting.eu/ro/conferinta/setting-the-global-leadership-standard/

At Hart Consulting, we believe conversations about leadership become more valuable when they bring together people from different industries.

Together we will start a discussion grounded in a question that matters across every business: what do people need from their leaders today?

Thank you, Sezamo, for being part of this conversation! 🤝

Save the date:

📅 October 30th
📍 JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel
🕛 09:00–13:30

22/09/2026

Today is about leaders who make uncertainty navigable!

Carmen-Daniela Micu PhD Student Board Governance, MABPD, Chair of the Board at IASE Global and Co-founder & CEO of ENVISIA – Boards of Elite, and speaker at our conference, offered us an answer:

”Employees need clarity, fairness, trust and a credible sense of direction. Yet, many organisations still promote leaders for short-term delivery, personal visibility, technical mastery and the ability to exert control. These qualities can generate results, but they may also reward certainty over learning, activity over judgement and individual success over collective capacity. Therefore, employees need leaders who make uncertainty navigable; organisations still tend to promote those who make performance visible.”

This is one of the questions we will explore at the Hart Consulting & Hogan Assessments – 20 Years Conference: ”Setting the Global Leadership Standard”,🗓️ 30 October,📍 Bucharest.

More details about the event 👉 https://www.hartconsulting.eu/ro/conferinta/setting-the-global-leadership-standard/

For registration, please contact us at: [email protected]

Meet you there! 😉

17/09/2026

📢 We are delighted to welcome Leonidas România as partner of the ”Hart Consulting & Hogan Assessments – 20 Years Conference”.

Although we work in different industries, Hart Consulting and Leonidas share the same belief in the values that make excellence sustainable: quality, consistency, attention to details, and the constant commitment to maintaining high standards.

For Leonidas, this means creating Belgian chocolates that have been appreciated for generations. For Hart Consulting, it means supporting organisations and leaders through rigorous assessment, insight, and development.

Join us on 📅 October 30 | 📍 JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel

15/09/2026

📣 We are pleased to welcome EXEC-EDU as partner of the ”Hart Consulting & Hogan Assessments – 20 Years Conference: Setting the Global Leadership Standard”, taking place on October 30 in Bucharest.

At Hart Consulting and Exec-Edu, we share a belief: leadership is not simply a position - it is a continuous journey of learning, reflection and growth.

Join us as we explore what people truly expect from their leaders today and what it takes to lead with greater clarity, trust and effectiveness.

📅 October 30
🕛 09:00–13:30
📍 JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel

10/09/2026

“Don’t treat ‘the AI recommended it’ as sufficient evidence on its own.”

This is particularly important when AI is used to inform decisions about selecting and developing people.

In a recent Forbes article, Christine Michel Carter, based on Hogan Assessments data, examines how AI models can perpetuate systemic bias against women in leadership.

Cambium AI, a company building synthetic populations for research, has been testing what happens when large language models behave like particular kinds of people.