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PEOPLE BEHIND THE ACADEMY
Guided by Practitioners Who've Done the Work
The Academy is shaped by professionals who have built their craft in boardrooms, communities, and complex human systems — not by theorists working from a distance. Every mentor brings lived experience, professional depth, and an unwavering commitment to your growth.
ACADEMY FOUNDER
OANA NICULAE
Creator of the Collective Shift Methodology. Over 15 years of experience designing transformational group programs and developing senior professionals into mentors and facilitators.
- +26 years of entrepreneurship across diverse industries, with deep business and leadership experience
- +14 years as a professional coach and mentor, specializing in leadership, business, and executive development
- Internationally accredited (ICF & EMCC) — Professional Certified Coach, Senior Practitioner, ESIA, Mentor Coach & Team Coach
- Creator of the Collective Shift Group Coaching Methodology, focused on scalable transformation and professional excellence
- Extensive leadership and facilitation experience, including 10 years as Country Leader for Points of You® Romania and partnerships with global organizations
THE MENTORING TEAM
Mentors & Supervisors
Each mentor brings a distinct professional lens — together, they form an ecosystem of guidance that challenges, supports, and refines.
Andreea Nate
12+ years of experience in HR, leadership, and organizational development across global organizations and startups. Forbes 30 Under 30 Romania.
Corina Irsik
Integrating creative methods with coaching and project management frameworks.
Oana Oprea
25+ years in business development and senior leadership contexts. Partnering with senior leaders to achieve decision clarity, strengthen leadership impact, and drive disciplined execution.
Diana Stănese
20+ years in senior leadership, helping people, teams, and groups grow deeper by walking together and holding space for complexity and humanity.
Alina Alexoiu
15+ years and 5,000+ sessions, supporting emotional healing and inner stability. Guiding people who consciously choose to build their own inner stability and live authentically.
Adriana Țuluca-Marina
Experienced Learning & Development Specialist with focus on professional sustainability and longevity, I gently guide you towards the right personal pace.
Andra Cherecheș
13+ years HR experience, working with mid-senior professionals in IT. Supports individuals and groups using the Collective Shift group coaching methodology, with a focus on clarity, alignment, and sustainable professional growth.
Diana Cristina Dumitrache
Clinical psychologist and experiential psychotherapy counselor. Creating safe spaces of reflection for people who work with people.
Adina Botezatu
Specialized in executive, mental, and group coaching, partnering with people to discover new versions of themselves and maximize their potential. ICF Romania member.
Ana-Maria Cosma
With a background in team management in retail fashion, I coach people who have lost clarity about who they are and where they’re headed, in one-on-one and group sessions.
Gabriela Gheorghe
Supporting leaders in refining their leadership identity, presence and maturity so they become catalysts for transformation and sustainable performance.
Anamaria Diaconu
PSYCHOLOGIST, COACH & PROCESS FACILITATOR
Creating a space for reflection and dialogue where introspection becomes accessible. Guiding the shift from old patterns toward genuine presence, awareness, and personal responsibility.
Ana Cristina Răduță
JUNGIAN CREATIVITY COACH
Guiding women entrepreneurs and freelancers through life transitions, moving beyond a Persona built to meet expectations toward a refined, consciously integrated identity, where inner depth becomes clear, sustainable action.
Adriana Traistaru
MAPPING COACH & ORGANISATIONAL CONSULTANT
16 years. Six industries, always one clear focus: leaders and teams that work better together. As a Mapping Coach and organisational consultant I work with companies across business and education to build healthier cultures, stronger teams, and more self-aware leaders.
Become a Mentor Yourself
The Academy is designed as a living ecosystem — not a one-way pipeline. At the end of your journey through the program, those who demonstrate the depth, maturity, and commitment required are invited to become mentors themselves.
This is not a certification or automatic progression. It is a recognition — an invitation to hold space for the next generation of practitioners, to guide them with the same rigor and care that shaped your own evolution.
Some of the mentors you see on this page began exactly where you are now. The path is open to those who earn it through practice, reflection, and genuine professional growth.
