Christina Herrmann Mba, Sphr, Gphr Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

London, London, Gb

Oliver is the first and only company to design, build and run bespoke in-house agencies and ecosystems for brands. With 4500+ professionals worldwide, Oliver creates work that delivers business growth and purpose for over 200 clients in 46 countries and counting. Oliver's unique model moves at the speed of modern business to drive change from inside out; working smarter to help clients build better solutions, systems and brands.As a member of the Global Leadership Team, I report directly to the Founder and CEO, and was hired to provided strategic leadership to mature the agency beyond start-up operations and mindset in order to achieve organizational stability, operational excellence and maturity after three consecutive years of exponential growth at the rate of 30% annually.Thus charged with advancing cultural and organizational change, I have designed and implemented Oliver's Global People Strategies aligned with business goals, including:► Strengthening Talent Acquisition globally, to better serve the business and improve Oliver's ability to attract and retain top talent.► Investing in Learning & Development to increase the delivery of vital training and provide meaningful professional development opportunities.► Consolidating a disparate global compensation process into a single annual cycle anchored in market data and more conducive to achieving pay equity.► Evolving performance management to provide more meaningful and actionable feedback and mechanisms for increased dialogues around career development to ultimately improve retention through engagement and positive employee experiences.► Expanding EMEA team in response to growth to support complex and varied markets in multiple regions which involved adding expertise in Spain, Franc, the Netherlands, Poland the Czech Republic and Turkey.

San Francisco, California, Us

Hired as Gensler's first Chief Human Resources Officer. Reported directly to Co-CEO's. Mandated to implement standardizations and best practices globally across Gensler's 6000+ professionals in 50 offices.► Established matrix reporting relationships between CHRO and Regional Human Resources Directors to provide subject matter expertise, facilitate adoption of best practices, and achieve harmonizations.► Built a best in class high-performing diverse global team. Introduced, personally recruited and hired three key leadership positions: Global Director of Talent Acquisition, Global Director of Immigration and Mobility, and Director of People Analytics. Thus prioritized providing a consistent superior candidate experience, becoming more intentional about diversity recruiting, achieving equity in terms of movements into and throughout the firm and making more informed data driven decisions.► Addressed key leadership voids in Greater China and LATAM. Personally recruited for and hired Regional Human Resources Directors in Shanghai and Costa Rica to strengthen HR support in these locations.► Merged Organization and Talent Development teams under single HR umbrella to maximize synergies, foster greater collaborations and create more robust learning and development content and delivery. ► Designed, delivered and analyzed firm's first global diversity survey to inform global diversity initiatives. Provided thought leadership to Global Race & Diversity Committee.Led entire global Human Resources community through an extensive five-month strategic planning process to formulate global people strategies to optimize technology, achieve operational excellence and support the firm's Vision 2030. Focused on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Talent Acquisition | Talent Development | Talent Management | Employment Practices | Employee Engagement & Experience | Compensation & Benefits | Immigration & Mobility | Leadership Development | Succession Planning.

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

Hired as a change agent to significantly upgrade people processes and procedures, and build a solid administrative support infrastructure. Reporting directly to firm Managing Partner was responsible for the full employment life cycle of attorneys and staff.► Reconstituted C-Suite; hired Chief Information Officer and Chief Client Services Officer, thus elevating administrative leadership to bring about business critical upgrades.► Provided strategic guidance to attract and retain a highly skilled and diverse workforce, including introducing a newly created talent acquisition role. Championed workplace equity and belonging.► Supported thriving and profitable legal practices. Served as Project Manager for acquisition of a flourishing T&E practice, resulting in the opening of a new office.► Launched S&G University to provide more robust professional development opportunities for attorneys and staff. Designed and delivered junior associate training to foster development of their nascent legal practices.► Implemented core competencies to establish role clarity and instill greater accountability. Promoted meaningful performance management.► Substantially overhauled compensation and benefits after conducting extensive total rewards audit to bring firm to market and provide impactful total rewards enhancements.► Spearheaded pursuit of Mansfield certification, resulting in firm achieving Certification Plus designation in recognition of promoting under-represented attorneys into leadership positions. Contributed to Shipman & Goodwin being named a Top Law Firm for Female Partners and Best Place to Work for Women.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Hired to facilitate the merger of BinghamMcCutchen's 750+ attorneys and staff with MorganLewis, upon completion of the AkinGump - BinghamMcCutchen acquistion, making MorganLewis the largest U.S. law firm. Tasked with overhauling, re-engineering and upgrading talent organization to support this exponential expansion, and solidify the firm's administrative infrastructure for future growth.► Formed Centers of Excellence around the functional areas of Total Rewards | HRIS | Talent Acquisition | Diversity & Inclusion | and Professional Development. Implemented Human Resources Business Partnerships to provide embedded support to Legal Practice Groups, Europe, Middle East and Asia and Administrative Business Units. ► Reinvigorated Diversity & Inclusion efforts. Hired D&I team: Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion Manager and Coordinator to formulate and deliver on expanded Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives.► Increased focus on attorney training and development. Hired Director of Professional Development to deliver more robust, consistent and relevant attorney training curriculum.► Utilized predictive analytics to develop Profiles of Success for key positions to engage in targeted and strategic recruiting. Developed practice group and administrative department specific staffing plans to inform professional development needs, strengthen succession talent pipeline, and develop global diverse talent strategies.

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Hired to facilitate the acquisition of BinghamMcCutchen's elite global legal practice.► Executed over 110 employment contracts for newly acquired multi-national talent in London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong, synchronizing efforts with local counsel across multiple time zones and jurisdictions to deliver on an aggressive go-live date for high-stakes acquisition.► Provided expert leadership to attract, develop and retain global diverse workforce.► In furtherance of acquisition, harmonized benefits across regions for newly acquired talent to achieve an equitable provision of benefits.► Collaborated with German legal authorities to transfer legal talent in Frankfurt, Germany. Partnered with local legal counsel to successfully navigate several complex and delicate immigration matters between the U.S. and Hong Kong to onboard key legal and administrative personnel► Conducted exhaustive audit of health and welfare benefits, in order to evolve the benefits to be more inclusive and better serve the needs of the firm’s growing millennial workforce. Optimized benefits and compensation to attract and retain this valuable talent, with a focus on increased mobility.

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Assumed the Human Resources leadership mantle for a team that had been lacking in guidance, thus filled a void and elevated the function at the firm.► Conceptualized, designed and delivered two consecutive three-year HR strategic plans fully aligned with firm goals, thereby translating business priorities into human capital deliverables.► Focused on recruiting and retaining top talent, providing meaningful professional development, optimizing technology, enhancing compensation and benefits, increasing diversity, and promoting equity and inclusion.► In furtherance of these objectives, collaborated to design, conduct and analyze biennial engagement surveys of attorneys and staff. Delivered results throughout the firm through hosted round table discussions, and developed targeted action plans accordingly.► Built a best-in-class high-performing global team, deployed new technologies, and improved efficiencies while delivering superior client service. Achieved better team orientation and increased accountability.► Realized significant advancements in Diversity & Inclusion | Recruiting & Retention | Employee Engagement | Employee Relations | Training & Development | Performance Management | and Compensation & Benefits.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Orchestrating Winning Performance

Finance For Executives

Leading Organizational Change; Human Capital Analytics

Advanced Human Resources Executive; Leading High Performing Teams

Bachelor'S Degree (Ba), Psychology