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I train teams to serve like they own the place
I train teams to serve like they own the place. In the messy, profitable, everyday kind of way. I am so confident because for years, I’ve...

Cristina DRAGAN
Jul 23 min read


Train for human judgement!
I’ve trained thousands of employees in 5-star brands. And the most underrated skill I saw was knowing when to break the script. It takes...

Cristina DRAGAN
Jun 232 min read


Normalize Great Service
I get great service you get more money! We ate at the same place three times on a city break last weekend! Simply because the service...

Cristina DRAGAN
Jun 185 min read


Forgettable service is your biggest hidden expense
I worked 13 years in HR & Guest Experience in 5-star hotels.
At that level, if one employee hesitated, looked unsure, or used the wrong tone with a guest, we could lose thousands of euros in a single day.
Because one moment of indifference or mediocrity can destroy trust, damage reputation, and stop high-value clients & employees from coming back.
Now I work WITH customer-facing businesses in Romania.
The biggest difference: NO ONE BOTHERS TO CALCULATE THE COST.
The cost

Cristina DRAGAN
May 222 min read


I think like a guest, act like a leader, and build like true HR Hospitality Consultant
I’m in that phase where my collected mix: luxury hospitality, high performance HR and lately entrepreneurship & consultancy, finally makes sense.
And these are only the MACROS! Business acumen, expertise you can easily see on the LinkedIn profile.
Imagine the Micros! The meta-competencies.

Cristina DRAGAN
May 142 min read


For better service in Romania we don’t need a revolution, we need repetition.
We love to complain about tourism, hospitality & service industry in Romania. And not just about hotels anymore, butt every small...

Cristina DRAGAN
May 82 min read


Pill or Vitamin? Long-term Service Mindset
💊 My consultancy services are definitely a VITAMIN!
I help you build the kind of cultural health that prevents the pain in the first place.
Pills are reactive. My work is preventive.
A one-time training to “fix customer service”? A pill.
A shiny HR process to suddenly boost engagement? Also a pill.
So I don’t sell pills. I work on service mindset, not service scripts.
I am the consultant leaders bring in when they finally decide to get serious about long-term excellen

Cristina DRAGAN
May 72 min read


I am the customer, what’s my job?
Dear service professional,
When I walk into your space as a customer, I expect my job to be over and yours to begin.
Too often I still end up doing things you should’ve handled.
Most times it’s subtle. But it adds up: small tasks, tiny hesitations, avoidable frictions.
What is my actual job, as customer?
Show up
Be respectful
Have a bit of patience
Pay for the experience
Leave feeling better than I came
That’s the contract. Everything else is your job.

Cristina DRAGAN
May 62 min read


Leaders, love your customers enough to put your employees first!
Leaders, love your customers enough to put your employees first!

Cristina DRAGAN
Apr 92 min read


Why hospitality employees are a different breed!
There’s something special about people who work in hospitality. It’s not just their ability to carry three plates while smiling at an impatient guest. It’s something deeper that you don’t find in every industry.

Cristina DRAGAN
Mar 254 min read


Midlife crisis. I scheduled mine early
New identity: my March version of women-power-themed marketing! Inspired by the book on emotional intelligence I’m reading 💙 (Permission...

Cristina DRAGAN
Mar 122 min read


Hospitality = MIND + HEART Coordination
Guests love the show, We love the preparation! Creating Experiences requires a great MIND & HEART Coordination and that’s far from being...

Cristina DRAGAN
Mar 52 min read


Plot twist: strategy beats hoping for the best!
Sleep when the baby sleeps!, Eat when baby eats!, well, no longer a baby but the advice keeps coming – work when the toddler plays! For...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 272 min read


Being a leader taught me how to spot a great team culture fast.
I am so sensitive to this! Being a leader taught me how to spot a great team culture fast. When I felt comfortable enough to laugh...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 252 min read


The Less-Glamorous Side of HR Management in Luxury Hospitality
HR Management in Luxury Hospitality sounds (and many times is) very glamorous! And I know that by saying this, I’ve probably just...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 204 min read


👉 Your workplace is shaping you – more than you realize it!
The 5* Mindset Workshop is about well-being at work. In my whole career as HR in Luxury Hospitality, maybe there were 20 times I can...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 192 min read


Participants' reaction to the 5* Mindset
🙄Skeptical. Definitely surprising. Sometimes even inappropriate! This is how one of the basic luxury hospitality principles I share in...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 182 min read


The 5* Mindset
Although owning a completely non-hospitality business, the owner wanted an original training session for a team of industrial engineers...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 182 min read


Evolving is hard!
It took me a lot to feel worthy enough to publish the kind words and testimonials I received as a first-time solopreneur… Because as a...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 182 min read


Love is in the Details!
At least I choose to see it that way and live the devil jobless (as if…). In my line of work, attention to detail is about INTENTION, not...

Cristina DRAGAN
Feb 12 min read
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