Development through Music - Corporate

Corporate Development Through Music and Movement

At Talent Reserve, we believe that music and movement are not just forms of art—they are powerful tools and contexts for personal and professional growth. In corporate environments, where complexity, stress, and change are constant, teams that learn to collaborate, adapt, manage emotions effectively, listen actively, and demonstrate mental flexibility become more efficient, creative, and resilient.

Participatory and Personalized Experience

Our workshops are experiential, not theoretical. Participants actively engage with real musical instruments—from the grand concert piano used by the facilitator, preferred for its impact and depth of experience, to ISO  sound standards-tuned xylophones, handbells, drums, and other percussion instruments accessible to all participants.

Activities are designed to stimulate collaboration, creativity, focus, and self-regulation through music and movement, in a way that reflects Western-European cultural traditions and differs from common approaches in the market such as sound healing, esotericism, or mystical methods.

Our Audience and Corporate Challenges for Development Programs

We work with teams or groups at the specialist and middle-management level (historically described as white-collar) in organizations, primarily in Bucharest.

Our programs address team members facing challenges such as:

• Rigidity in thinking and behavior

• Low tolerance for change or frustration

• Stress, anxiety, and performance pressure

• Tense or conflict-prone teams

• Timidity or difficulty expressing ideas

Our goal is to provide innovative, experiential solutions that develop essential skills such as collaboration, leadership, adaptability, self-control, and creative thinking.

What Makes Talent Reserve Unique

Unlike traditional team-building exercises or standard music workshops, our programs turn music into an active tool for work and reflection. Participants do not perform for an audience—instead, they explore sound, rhythm, and movement to train real, transferable skills applicable at work and in everyday life.

We creatively and purposefully integrate elements from methods such as Dalcroze, Orff, and Kodály with expressive psychotherapy and the Hogan Assessment, personalizing the experience and supporting both individual and team development.

Signature Exercises for Development through Music and Movement

• Polyrhythm and Improvisation – Participants co-create musical pieces that enhance collaboration, active listening, frustration management, and mental flexibility.

• The Pharaoh’s Challenge – A complex strategic game designed to develop decision-making, planning, discipline, self-control, and result-orientation.

• The Silk Road – A workshop exploring diversity, empathy, and intercultural competence through musical elements drawn from various cultures, historical periods, and geographic regions.

The Hogan Assessment complements the process by providing a clear map of participants’ strengths, development areas, and work styles, enabling highly effective and personalized programs.

Details about signature exercises in the table below

Benefits and Outcomes

Participation in our programs produces concrete and measurable results:

• Increased team cohesion and collaboration

• Enhanced leadership skills and decision-making

• Improved adaptability, mental flexibility, and stress management

• Boosted self-confidence and courage to express ideas

• Strengthened creativity and critical thinking in complex contexts

Additionally, music and movement offer a deep well-being experience, reducing tension, generating joy and motivation, and supporting performance even in periods of economic change or professional pressure.

Program Structure

Our programs can range from short 1.5-hour sessions for well-being and rapid skill-building to 4-hour workshops or series of 3–5 sessions, exploring topics such as:

• Effective communication and active listening

• Social courage and self-expression

• Discipline, perseverance, and focus on results

• Stress management and resilience

• Creativity and mental flexibility

Each program is tailored to the specific needs of the team, combining experiential exercises, guided reflection, and Hogan feedback for maximum impact.

Why Choose Talent Reserve

• Practical and experiential learning – Music and movement become concrete tools for skill development

• Professional assessment – Hogan assessment provides precise insights into individual and team strengths and current soft skills

• Customized programs – Designed to meet real organizational challenges

• Transferable results – Skills developed are directly applicable in daily work and team collaboration

• Innovation and creativity – Sessions uniquely combine music, movement, expressive psychotherapy, and psychometrics

Discover innovative ways that music, movement, and Hogan Assessment can transform your team.

Contact us to discuss your organization’s needs and create a personalized program:

📩 E-mail: office@talentreserve.ro (Oksana Rusu)

📞 Phone / WhatsApp: +40 726 151 981

📝 Short form: click here to access

Who runs the workshops?

Oksana Rusu

• Facilitator for personal development and experiential learning using music as a working tool (adults and children)
• Dalcroze active & alternative music pedagogy certification graduate 2023-2024 (music and movement), with teachers from the Dalcroze Institute Geneve
• Integrative and expressive psychotherapy, 5 years – ongoing licencing  (psychotherapy that integrates art in intervention processes) with basic and advanced modules
• Intensive international course on the Kodaly method (coming in July – August 2025, within the Liszt Academy, in Kecskemét)
• 17 years of experience in the field of human resources, which also included both formal and informal career counseling projects, licenses for a number of highly accurate assessment tools and prediction for behavioral trends – personality, strengths skills, interests identification and orientation to fields compatible with the person’s interests, potential and availability
• Graduated in Social Work at Babeș Bolyai University Cluj Napoca, majoring in psycho-socio-pedagogy
• Counselor certification for Personal Development