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March 2025 - Insights From The Top

For nearly four decades, Langer’s research on mindfulness has influenced thinking across a range of fields, from behavioral economics to positive psychology. It demonstrates that by paying attention to what’s going on around us, instead of operating on autopilot, we can reduce stress, unlock creativity, and boost performance.

In this interview she discusses the link between mindfulness and innovation, what managers can do to become more mindful, why mindfulness makes one less judgmental about others, and more.

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February 2025 - Insights From The Top

No time for the gym? Three quick bursts of stair climbing throughout your day could be the ticket to better heart health.

Forget long workouts – these "exercise snacks" fit perfectly into coffee breaks or between meetings. Just sprint up three flights, three times a day, and watch your fitness soar. Who knew your office stairwell could be your new favorite gym?

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January 2025 - Insights From The Top

In this episode, Radu shares valuable insights from his journey in Executive Development, Executive Search and Leadership Advisory. The conversation also explores his voluntary work in AVE Romania and its mission to drive meaningful change in Romania's business and educational systems.

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Health & Wellbeing
A promise to my children

Discover a practical, science-backed approach to holistic health and wellness. Learn actionable strategies for improving nutrition, sleep, stress management, exercise, and personal well-being through personalized tracking and lifestyle interventions.

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November 2024 - Insights From The Top

After this year's AVE Gala, a pressing question remains: How do we scale educational excellence across 8,000+ schools?

Two potential solutions:

Create a national "championship" system to identify & reward outstanding educators - from rural schools to national level
Open doors for industry experts to teach, making accreditation more accessible while maintaining standards

Great teachers shape the future. Together, we can accelerate positive change in education.

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Education
How can the private sector make a difference by spotlighting high performance in education?

Explore innovative solutions for scaling educational excellence in Romania through public-private partnerships, from recognizing outstanding teachers to simplifying private sector involvement in education.

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October 2024 - Insights From The Top

Do you prefer everyday activities over traditional exercise? Getting your heart rate up for just 3-4 minutes a day through regular activities can significantly lower your chances of early death, especially from heart-related conditions.

Researchers from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre have coined a new term for these brief bursts of energy during daily tasks: "vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity" (VILPA). 

The message is clear: you don't need a gym membership or sports equipment to boost your longevity – just a few minutes of energetic daily movement can make a real difference!

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September 2024 - Insights From The Top

In this “Ask Me Anything” episode, Peter Attia breaks down everything you need to know about bone health – from childhood to old age. He covers how bone mineral density is measured, how it changes over time, and why it varies between sexes due to estrogen levels. 

Peter also shares actionable tips on improving bone health through exercise, nutrition, and even during periods of inactivity like bedrest.

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August 2024 - Insights From The Top

A new study from the University of Basel in Switzerland had 29 healthy test subjects expose themselves to varying levels of blue light for one full hour in the evening, but then stop 50 minutes prior to getting into bed.

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June 2024 - Insights From The Top

While many are familiar with growing vegetables in backyards, rooftops, and urban farms, there’s another approach gaining popularity among policymakers, nonprofits, and residents: planting food-bearing trees. 

Part of what makes trees so impactful is that a healthy one can give generously for decades, if not longer.

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April 2024 - Insights From The Top

Discover the incredible science behind something as simple as breathing. This New York Times Bestseller delves deep into the lost art of proper breathing and its profound impact on our health and well-being.

No matter your diet or exercise routine, none of it matters if you're not breathing optimally. Join journalist James Nestor as he embarks on a journey across the globe to uncover the secrets of ancient breathing practices and modern scientific breakthroughs. Discover how simple adjustments to your breathing can transform your athletic performance, improve internal organ function, and even alleviate common ailments like snoring and allergies. 5 minutes of daily breathing exercises also work very well on reducing stress.

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March 2024 - Insights From The Top

When your goal is stable blood glucose, traditional desserts present a challenge.

First, sweets are high in simple sugars. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about processed white sugar or a “natural” sugar like maple syrup or coconut sugar. In any case, the body easily breaks these sugars down into glucose, triggering blood sugar spikes.

In the long run, excessive sugar consumption may lead to a slew of health concerns, including insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease, cognitive dysfunction, and even mental health and mood conditions.

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February 2024 - Insights From The Top

Dr. Peter Attia, a highly respected physician with a background in McKinsey, Johns Hopkins, and Stanford, delivers a powerful guide to living well in his book "Outlive." Forget outdated health advice – this is a comprehensive roadmap to maximizing both lifespan and health span.

Think of it as your personal toolkit for optimizing well-being. "Outlive" dives into critical areas like diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, and emotional health, offering evidence-based strategies and actionable steps you can implement right away for a better personal and professional life. 

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January 2024 - Insights From The Top

Challenging the popular notion that we are "what we eat," the documentary "We Are What We Eat" offers a compelling perspective on our dietary habits and their profound impact on our physical well-being.

Led by Stanford Nutrition Science Professor Christopher Gardner and Microbiome scientists Rob and Justin Sonnenburg, this insightful film follows identical twins as they embark on an eight-week experiment, swapping their eating and lifestyle habits to explore the profound effects of particular foods on the body.

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November 2023 - Insights From The Top

As a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and Certified Nutritional Specialist, Dr. Uma Naidoo is a triple threat in the exciting new field of nutritional psychiatry. Her main message: Most people overlook the power at the end of their forks to feel emotionally better.

In this course, you’ll explore the profound connection between what you eat and your mental well-being, learning practical and empowering strategies for a calmer mind. By the end, you’ll better understand which foods work for you (and which to ditch) and have a personalized Calmness Plan, complete with shopping lists, meal plans, and recipes.

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October 2023 - Insights From The Top

Ever wondered what sets exceptional leaders apart in today's unpredictable world? Radu Manolescu, our Co-founder & Managing Partner, shares his insights in Revista CARIERE!

Discover the key traits of outstanding leaders: the right mindset, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. Find out how top-notch EMBA/MBA programs make a difference when education meets quality individuals. Plus, insider tips on talent retention, from impactful onboarding to personalized coaching during transitions.

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September 2023 - Insights From The Top


“You should probably assume you have diabetes or pre-diabetes until proven otherwise,” says Lifeforce Physician Renae Thomas, MD, MPH. (Working with a clinician through the Lifeforce Membership will help you get answers.) “However, independent of whether you have diabetes or not, maintaining healthy blood glucose levels is essential for good health.”

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August 2023 - Insights From The Top

An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is beginning to transform the workplace and significantly impact hiring and productivity, says Jeffrey T. Polzer, the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management at Harvard Business School. His recent paper probes how organizational researchers should study people analytics practices, which could touch the work of nearly all managers and employees.

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July 2023 - Insights From The Top

Evidence shows that all over the world, people are snacking more — with the United Kingdom and the United States leading the way in unhealthy snacking habits. But what exactly counts as a snack? And is all snacking unhealthy? Snacking can be a confusing and controversial topic.

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June 2023 - Insights From The Top

The research on the power of mentorship is pretty clear: People with mentors perform better, advance in their careers faster, and even experience more work-life satisfaction. And mentors benefit, too. After all, “to teach is to learn twice.” Despite all these benefits, and even though 76% of working professionals believe that a mentor is important to growth, more than 54% do not have such a relationship.

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May 2023 - Insights From The Top

Have you ever wondered what your preferred sleeping position means for your health — or whether it has any connection to your personality traits? 

Research into the topic of a person’s favorite sleep position and how it relates to their personality is scant and has not been peer-reviewed or replicated. However, it can be fun to contemplate the possible meaning of your favorite sleep position and whether it reflects your emotional state.

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March 2023 - Insights From The Top

When we walk up to introduce ourselves to strangers, we follow basic cultural norms of politeness. Don’t launch into a monologue about yourself. Don’t look over their shoulder to see if someone more important is nearby. Don’t invade their personal space, or you’ll be branded as a close talker.

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February 2023 - Insights From The Top

Unsurprisingly, lack of sleep has been associated with a multitude of health issues. It has been shown to increase inflammation and impair focus, fat loss, insulin signaling,  testosterone production, and cardiovascular health. More recently, it has also been associated with higher probability of inadequate hydration.

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Leadership & Culture
15 trends that will change the HR landscape in 2023 (and beyond)

In the report “HR Predictions for 2023” published in January this year, Bersin and his colleagues present and analyse 15 trends that might significantly impact this field in the coming period.

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January 2023 - Insights From The Top

This past summer saw the launch of the biggest four-day workweek trial in the world, as 3,300 people across several different types of businesses in the UK started working 80 percent of their regular hours for 100 percent of their pay.

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November 2022 - Insights From The Top

On the 23rd of November AVE Romania, an NGO we're proud to be one of the founding members of, shined a spotlight on the directors of schools, kindergartens and high schools in Romania who do everything they can to transform they way education is done in our country.

It’s up to each and everyone one of us to recognize and appreciate their tremendous effort. And you can start by sharing and making their stories and successes known across your social networks.

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October 2022 - Insights From The Top

Be part of the only event in Romania that shines a spotlight on those school principals and schools who always go above and beyond to transform the way education is done in Romania.

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Our Insights in the Media
EDUbright Talks: The most important social-emotional skills for tomorrow's adult

Radu Manolescu is co-founder and chairman of the AVE board and co-founder of K.M.Trust & Partners. What Radu really wants is to help companies live their values ​​and at the same time have a memorable positive impact in the lives of the people we work with.

But also, to do everything he can to make tomorrow's adults more compassionate than those of today. Hence his contribution to supporting the development of an education system in which character development and mental training are an essential part.

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Revista Biz: K.M.Trust Group and Marco Polo CEE sign strategic alliance

K.M. Trust Group, a key player in the Executive Search and Development services announces a strategic alliance with Marco Polo CEE, a top Romanian entrepreneurial company in the field of training and organizational advisory services. The new alliance establishes a solid partnership between two highly specialized entities in their segments, to address the current needs of large companies in the economy.

 

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May 2022 - Insights From The Top

It depends on a lot of factors, but a good MBA or EMBA can be an advantage regardless of whether you pursue it during the pandemic or not. The most important element in this equation is the “student” himself. If he has the right profile an MBA stimulates his mind, abilities and knowledge.

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April 2022 - Insights From The Top

The effects of the pandemic, the “Great Resignation” global phenomenon at various levels of management and currently the regional challenges in the context of the Ukraine conflict – these are just some of the challenges of large companies active in Romania in the recent years.

These and other factors related to the internal pressures to permanently adapt the business have led to an increase of anxiety and overwhelm at the top levels of organizations, so that 7 out of 10 companies have resorted in the last year to stress and anxiety management programs, according to K.M.Trust & Partners data.

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The Diplomat: Anxiety in business and in the Romanian society has become widespread

The effects of the pandemic, the “Great Resignation” global phenomenon at various levels of management and currently the regional challenges in the context of the Ukraine conflict – these are just some of the challenges of large companies active in Romania in the recent years. These and other factors related to the internal pressures to permanently adapt the business have led to an increase of anxiety and overwhelm at the top levels of organizations, so that 7 out of 10 companies have resorted in the last year to stress and anxiety management programs, according to K.M.Trust & Partners data.

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March 2022 - Insights From The Top

This proximity bias stems from the incorrect assumption that those who are at the office are more productive when compared to those working from home. A toxic perception on a number of levels.

It creates polarization. Those of us who come to the office versus you, who aren’t here. A polarization which, if not carefully managed, can be very bad, very toxic for organizations across the world. Any discrimination and polarization are bad when you don’t explain and communicate correctly.

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Business Magazin: Radu Manolescu, K.M.Trust & Partners | Favoring someone simply because he is coming to the office is totally toxic.

This proximity bias stems from the incorrect assumption that those who are at the office are more productive when compared to those working from home. A toxic perception on a number of levels: “It creates polarization. Those of us who come to the office versus you, who aren’t here. A polarization which, if not carefully managed, can be very bad, very toxic for organizations across the world. Any discrimination and polarization are bad when you don’t explain and communicate correctly.“

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Our Insights in the Media
Adevarul: Multinationals in Romania risk losing valuable employees

Multinationals in Romania risk losing valuable employees if they don’t start increasing their investments in retaining and developing employee abilities. This according to the “Insights from the Top” study by K.M.Trust & Partners.

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February 2022 - Insights From The Top

The Romanian leadership has gone through countless changes during these last 30 years. From chaos, confusion and survival to contact with the western markets, the tech revolution and the Internet.

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January 2022 - Insights From The Top

The Romanian business environment was born in chaos and needed time to invent itself. Radu Manolescu, Co-founder & Managing Partner of the recruitment and leadership solutions companies K.M. Trust & Partners and Key to Success (K2S), talks about the leaders` superpowers, those skills that, over the years, have transformed leadership into a true art - the ART of LEADING.

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Ziarul Financiar: Radu Manolescu, K.M.Trust & Partners | Romanian executives are increasingly sought after. In Romania, in the automotive industry, more and more expats have been replaced by Romanian professionals.

More and more companies want to recruit Romanian executives for top positions and are no longer looking for expats. In our country, the pressure is especially high in very large companies, with large teams, in a context in which the demand on leadership resources is at its highest historical level.

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Forbes: More than 50% of top managers in Romania manage change or uncertainty with high difficulty

Approximately 60% of top executives are willing to accept the fact that they are exposed to an aggressive and toxic lifestyle. And the pressure on these individuals, both from the responsibilities of the job as well as the stress and anxiety generated by the daily rhythm of life, dramatically impacts their relationships with their families and those a around them. This according to an analysis by the executive search and organizational development company K.M.Trust & Partners.

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Business Review: Interview | Radu Manolescu, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, K.M.Trust & Partners

Business Review talked to Radu Manolescu, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at K.M.Trust & Partners, to find out more about the upcoming “The Leaders’ Longevity” program, an executive development program aimed at creating the context and the awareness for improved leadership and quality of life with better health and increased longevity, where he will lead a module about addressing the self-judgement, self-awareness and 6 other leadership super-powers of today: Vitality, Presence, Adaptability, Flexibility, Possibility and Kindness.

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Revista Cariere: Radu Manolescu, on the art of leadership (II). The leaders’ superpowers

Radu Manolescu, Co-founder & Managing Partner of the recruitment and leadership solutions services providers K.M.Trust & Partners and Key to Success (K2S) talks about the superpowers that leaders have. Those abilities that have transformed leadership into an art form – The Art of Leading.

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Business Review: More than 50% of top managers in Romania manage change or uncertainty with high difficulty

About 60% of top executives are willing to accept that they are exposed to an aggressive and toxic lifestyle and the pressure on them – both in terms of job responsibilities and the stress and anxiety generated by the current society pace – dramatically affects their relationships with others and family life, reveals an analysis conducted by K.M. Trust & Partners Executive Search & Organizational Development.

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clubantreprenor.ro: K.M.Trust & Partners study end of 2021: Efficiency and finding the right talent are the biggest priorities for business in 2022

Efficiency, attracting and retaining key people are the main priorities for the end of the year and 2022 for large companies active in Romania. Moreover, investments in developing the “mindset” component (the right mentality for performance and reaching objectives) will become increasingly important for all big companies.  

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Manager.ro: Top managers are increasingly exposed to stress and anxiety

More than 50% of executives who took part in the “Managing Stress and Anxiety in Leadership Roles” program profoundly changed their lifestyle after being exposed to mental training methods, to better handle the way their brains respond to change, uncertainty and fear.

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Leadership & Culture
Useful Views for Growth in 2022

During October and November 2021, K.M.Trust & Partners developed an intensive effort of collecting insights from the largest organizations active in Romania.

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November 2021 - Insights From The Top

K.M.Trust & Partners: More than 50% of top managers in Romania manage change or uncertainty with high difficulty

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October 2021 - Insights From The Top

It is important that organizations start to pay more attention to how they treat topics such as mental health, well-being or psychological safety when it comes to employee experience. In this month’s article we tackle this subject in detail.

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Emotional Intelligence & Happiness
Is corporate well-being or mental health support a luxury or a necessity?

A few days ago, I had a very interesting discussion about wellbeing and more precisely – about corporate wellbeing, with a global executive from one of the well-known corporate giants.  About the changes he’s made in his lifestyle and the benefits he’s seen since. An amazing accomplishment once understanding where from he’d left health wise and where he was 2 years down the road…

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Leadership & Culture
Top Executives in Corporations are Increasingly Exposed to Stress and Anxiety

More and more C-level managers say they are managing transformation with great difficulty, which has become a reality in today's world. Globally, 42% of employees have experienced a decline in mental health since the onset of the pandemic.

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September 2021 - Insights From The Top

For many of us, September marks the start of the school year. Whether you’re getting your children ready for school or just reminiscing about your own experience when school started, it’s important to be aware of the importance that education has.

And like with everything else, education must be in tune with the times, if we want to be prepared for the future. That is why we are glad to share the fact that AVE Romania, an NGO in which we have been intensely involved, will launch a project in collaboration with the Goldie Hawn Foundation aimed at introducing socio-emotional learning (or SEL for short) in Romanian schools.

You can find out more about this project in the podcast we have included in our newsletter. And if you like what you hear, you can also get involved and help shape the future of Romanian education.

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