Meet Răzvan, Our July Employee of the Month!

At The KPI Institute, our mission is to pursue performance, in all its facets, and bring this knowledge to others who wish to improve both on an individual level and an organizational one. Outstanding employees that strive to lift their company to new heights, maximize its potential and strengthen its development, so that it becomes the best of the best, all the while harnessing this knowledge to better themselves as professionals – these are the people that inspire us.

Join us in our journey of interviewing some of the most extraordinary individuals that continue to make The KPI Institute a role-model for others to follow. In today’s edition, we will be featuring July’s Employee of the Month, Răzvan Coteț, our Customer Engagement Specialist.

1.What is your role at The KPI Institute and what makes it special?

I joined this team almost 2 years ago, and promised myself that I will achieve my goals and exceed expectations. I am constantly focused on innovative solutions to solve business challenges as efficiently as possible for the company. I am proud of my team and my colleagues; this organization cultivated a high sense of community inside me, it is awesome to take part into this constantly evolving family.

Staying most of the time at the office, it kind of builds this sense of “family”, which I have never experienced in a workplace before. Now, at the end of the day, someone could say “but ok, it’s just a job” – well, I can argue that for me, The KPI Institute is a bit more than that.

What is my current role? Well, basically we are a team, it is not just me and we are all focused on promoting The KPI Institute’s services and products, through all communication channels, including professional social media platforms, building & managing effective relationships with key stakeholders to increase the impact of the marketing & sales campaigns, and contacting international prospective customers to showcase the benefits of our enterprise sales accounts and convert them in loyal customers.

Short story, we are the sales team, our goal is simple -> increase revenue, constantly strive for more and achieve great results.

2. How did it feel to be nominated and selected as Employee of the Month?

It was amazing, I wasn’t expecting this coming. I can’t describe in words how it feels to see that people are aware of your efforts and they appreciate your dedication towards achieving great results. I think this is literally the most important thing that all of us should get, appreciation.

3. What do you find most challenging at The KPI Institute?

Here at The KPI Institute, we learn how to overcome anything, break-down any problem and deliver top-notch solutions.

For me the most challenging part was to offer a small part of me to one of our junior members in my team, I was responsible for her induction in our activity, and slowly but surely to bring her to the current level of the team. I was tough and always sure on my words, but I would say now that I was a bit scared, as it’s a huge responsibility because someone is counting on you. Eventually, I overcame it and so far I feel that the newest member in our team is on the right path.

4. What would be the three main career lessons that you have learnt thus far?

One of the first lessons that I have learnt here was the ability to understand my limits and work on them, overcome them.

Another lesson that I would say everyone should apply even in their personal life is that a skill set can be learnt. Bring good attitude, bring your willingness to learn, as for sure everyone will appreciate an open-minded person willing to learn and to experiment new things. If this doesn’t apply to your current job, maybe you are in the wrong place.

One more trait that I have honed here is perseverance. Our activity is really challenging sometimes, a lot of things could stand in your way, but we always stay sharp, focused and have learnt to be perseverant against all odds.

5. If you could interview one person, either from the past or present, who would it be and why?

I would totally enjoy a discussion with Elon Musk, which I personally consider one of the best entrepreneurs and inventors. One of the topics I would like to approach him on is AI – Artificial Intelligence, given that I have watched an interview on this topic where he stated at some point that artificial intelligence is the “biggest existential threat for humanity”. There are probably many others, but he emphasized mainly this one, which sparked my curiosity as to why that is so.