Raluca Graebner

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITH A SOUL

Great leaders are human and results-oriented. Caring and candid. Great leaders dream big, unlock the best in people, stay humble and curious.

Our world needs great leaders.

My Practice Areas

"Gets to the very heart of leadership challenges very quickly"

David McNair, Executive Director, ONE CAMPAIGN

"Not afraid to challenge me and push me for results"

Gail Logan, Director, ADOBE

"Truly unprejudiced … never before did I feel so listened to"

Roman Steiner, Business Consultant

About Me

Listen to my Audible Original series

Listen to my Audible Original series "How to Work with Anyone" – six episodes on how to develop relational skill in the workplace, from listening, to boundaries, to conflict, and more.

Listen now on Audible

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITH A SOUL

Great leaders are human and results-oriented. Caring and candid. Great leaders dream big, unlock the best in people, and stay humble and curious.

Our world needs great leaders.

My Practice Areas

“Gets to the very heart of leadership challenges very quickly”

David McNair, Executive Director, ONE CAMPAIGN

“Not afraid to challenge me and push me for results”

Gail Logan, Director, ADOBE

“Truly unprejudiced … never before did I feel so listened to”

Roman Steiner, Business Consultant

About Me

Listen to my Audible Original series

Listen to my Audible Original series “How to Work with Anyone” – six episodes on how to develop relational skill in the workplace, from listening, to boundaries, to conflict, and more.

Listen now on Audible

Practice Areas

Executive Coaching

I work with leaders in custom, one-on-one coaching engagements (face-to-face and virtual), supporting them to accelerate their development and achieve their goals.

Transformational Facilitation

I facilitate leadership development programs and team development offsites. Done right, leadership and team development can be a transformative learning experience for the participants.

Women's Leadership

I am passionate about helping organizations retain and promote high potential women, and I work with female leaders to help them lead, succeed, and thrive.

Executive Coaching

I work with leaders in customized, one-on-one coaching engagements (face-to-face and virtual), supporting them to accelerate their development and achieve their goals.

Transformational Facilitation

I facilitate leadership development programs and team development offsites. Done right, leadership and team development can be a transformative learning experience for the participants.

Women's Leadership

I am passionate about helping organizations retain and promote high potential women, and I work with female leaders to help them lead, succeed, and thrive.

“She has a truly unprejudiced approach and gets people to talk openly. Never before did I feel so listened to. This allows Raluca to understand the roots of problems quickly and to spend more time on discussing potential actions to improve the situation. Raluca can therefore create a huge impact in a very short amount of time.”

ROMAN STEINER, Business Consultant

“I wholeheartedly recommend Raluca as a coach and trainer. She was well prepared and very knowledgeable about her field. Raluca really helped me to identify my strengths based on her feedback on my 360 EQ review and this was very helpful to me. She was a positive person and empathetic listener, but who was also not afraid to challenge me and push me for results.”

GAIL LOGAN, Director, EMEA Customer Care, ADOBE

“Raluca can get to the very heart of management and leadership challenges very quickly. Having helped me diagnose some problems, she gave me the skills to fix them through role playing tough conversations and providing candid feedback. She showed me that tapping into your core motivation can give you courage to face difficult challenges head on.”

DAVID McNAIR, Executive Director, Global Policy, ONE CAMPAIGN

“I was skeptical at first, but the coaching with Raluca was an eye opener. It was very useful to write down a plan and have the support and accountability to take action on it. Her coaching also helped me hone my ability to quickly establish my credibility and develop trust-based client relationships.”

Partner, Global Law Firm

“The best thing about working with Raluca was that she taught me the skills, rather than teaching me answers. I am definitely a better manager and leader from having worked with her.”

THERESA MEMBRINO, Director,
Business Intelligence & Process Optimization,
ADOBE

“Raluca really listened to me and tailored our sessions to alleviate, debunk or find acceptance in the many situations I am involved in, professionally and personally. I respected that Raluca would challenge my thought process throughout our sessions. I always found her to be engaging and warm to work with. I would highly recommend Raluca to any professional who is looking to level up and challenge themselves”.

SEAN PEDROSA, Director,
DELL TECHNOLOGIES

“Raluca’s support as a coach has been invaluable in helping me to articulate my longer term ambitions for my professional life, as well as developing practical strategies for tackling challenges in the present. The results have been wide-ranging, illuminating and at times surprising, which is in all credit to Raluca’s highly skilled ability to draw out nuances and insights. The sessions themselves have also been a joy, thanks to Raluca’s warmth, intelligence, lack of judgement and lovely sense of humour.”

LIZ HENDRY, Global Lead,
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL

Raluca Graebner
Raluca Graebner

“She has a truly unprejudiced approach and gets people to talk openly. Never before did I feel so listened to. This allows Raluca to understand the roots of problems quickly and to spend more time on discussing potential actions to improve the situation. Raluca can therefore create a huge impact in a very short amount of time.”

ROMAN STEINER, Business Consultant

“I wholeheartedly recommend Raluca as a coach and trainer. She was well prepared and very knowledgeable about her field. Raluca really helped me to identify my strengths based on her feedback on my 360 EQ review and this was very helpful to me. She was a positive person and empathetic listener, but who was also not afraid to challenge me and push me for results.”

GAIL LOGAN, Director, EMEA Customer Care, ADOBE

“Raluca can get to the very heart of management and leadership challenges very quickly. Having helped me diagnose some problems, she gave me the skills to fix them through role playing tough conversations and providing candid feedback. She showed me that tapping into your core motivation can give you courage to face difficult challenges head on.”

DAVID McNAIR, Executive Director, Global Policy, ONE CAMPAIGN

“I was skeptical at first, but the coaching with Raluca was an eye opener. It was very useful to write down a plan and have the support and accountability to take action on it. Her coaching also helped me hone my ability to quickly establish my credibility and develop trust-based client relationships.”

Partner, Global Law Firm

“The best thing about working with Raluca was that she taught me the skills, rather than teaching me answers. I am definitely a better manager and leader from having worked with her.”

THERESA MEMBRINO, Director,
Business Intelligence & Process Optimization,
ADOBE

“Raluca really listened to me and tailored our sessions to alleviate, debunk or find acceptance in the many situations I am involved in, professionally and personally. I respected that Raluca would challenge my thought process throughout our sessions. I always found her to be engaging and warm to work with. I would highly recommend Raluca to any professional who is looking to level up and challenge themselves”.

SEAN PEDROSA, Director,
DELL TECHNOLOGIES

“Raluca’s support as a coach has been invaluable in helping me to articulate my longer term ambitions for my professional life, as well as developing practical strategies for tackling challenges in the present. The results have been wide-ranging, illuminating and at times surprising, which is in all credit to Raluca’s highly skilled ability to draw out nuances and insights. The sessions themselves have also been a joy, thanks to Raluca’s warmth, intelligence, lack of judgement and lovely sense of humour.”

LIZ HENDRY, Global Lead,
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL

MY AUDIBLE ORIGINAL SERIES

Are you frustrated by working with a colleague? Afraid to provide difficult feedback? Or wondering how to convince a peer to work with you on an important project? In this six episode series, called "How to Work with Anyone", I dive into what psychology and business can teach us about developing effective and gratifying relationships at work. From building trust to providing feedback, from influence to conflict, this is my masterclass in relational intelligence.

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Leadership 361

My Blog: Leadership 361

The art of saying NO

The art of saying NO

You might be surprised how much of my practice is spent talking to clients about how to say “no” when they are asked to do something. We live in a culture where high performers are rewarded for saying “yes” to all opportunities and requests, and enthusiastically, too;...

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How to build a culture where people do their best work

How to build a culture where people do their best work

Front and center on my website I say “Great leaders are human and results-oriented.” Occasionally I get the question “What does this really mean, beyond a nice sounding tagline? What exactly sits at the intersection of being human and results-oriented?” There are many...

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Executive Presence Series: Choose your words wisely

Executive Presence Series: Choose your words wisely

Impressive leaders choose their words deliberately: sometimes this means few words, other times many. One thing is certain: leaders who demand our attention rarely ramble aimlessly. And if they do, they are probably seen as leaders despite it, not because of it. In my...

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"If leaders think about their employees as 'souls' to be inspired and unleashed, they will create a different dynamic. A soul searches for contribution, not merely performance. It looks for fulfillment, not just achievement. It pursues a purpose, not just goals and objectives. It is searching for love, not just working relationships. It engenders belonging, not just an economic transaction. Any leader who does not recognize this paradigmatic management model shift is in for trouble. We are moving from a business-centric leadership to a human-centric leadership."

Dr. Raghu Krishnamoorthy