Cristina Jimenez is a senior partner and global head of RHR’s Culture of Belonging services, a set of organizational solutions focused on solving some of the most challenging interpersonal and leadership challenges in the culture. She spends a great deal of her time advising C-suite leaders on how to scale and transform their organizations, build high-performing teams, and create cultures where innovation and agility thrive. Cristina also possesses an expert ability to guide leaders through challenging political and business-oriented situations. She is pragmatic and performance oriented, and she believes a human-centric leadership approach is an enabler to business results and performance.
Prior to RHR, Cristina spent almost 20 years leading talent-management and organizational-effectiveness functions. She worked in partnership with top executives to create a purpose-driven culture that maximizes the performance and potential of employees. As a human resources executive, she focused on helping boards and C-suite executives make crucial talent and organizational decisions that facilitated results, ensured stability in talent pipelines, and minimized talent-based risks.
Cristina earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northeastern University and dual master’s degrees in sociology and business from Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business, respectively.
Focus Areas
- Leadership of the future
- Culture and belonging
- Building high-performing teams
Special Skills
- Bringing insight and meaningful and impactful behavior change while remaining pragmatic and commercial
Education
- Northeastern University, BS
- Stanford University, MS sociology
- Stanford Business School, MBR
Leadership philosophy
Leadership is mostly an interpersonal challenge that requires intention and purpose to deliver impact.
Passions
Cristina enjoys traveling, quiet spaces with books, and family.