Gillenwater HR Practice is a boutique firm in the human capital area, founded on the vision of empowering individuals to unlock their full potential and on the commitment to elevatingleadership in the world. With over 25 years of international experience in strategic human resources leadership, we focus on a customized, simple and meaningful approach to developing solutions that fit your needs, no matter how complex your challenges are.
Our coaching sessions are designed to support individuals in navigating complex challenges, whether they are transitioning between roles or preparing for the next level within their organization.
Rooted in the pillars of personal, business, and team leadership, each session is fully customizable to align with each person’s unique needs and goals. This service empowers professionals to adapt, grow, and excel in their leadership journeys.
This service is designed to address a critical governance priority for organizations by minimizing disruptions, ensuring stability for business continuity, and promoting a culture of growth and opportunity during significant leadership transitions.
Our succession advisory supports the design and facilitates the implementation of strategies for a seamless leadership transition, supporting the identification and development of future leaders.
This area is critical to strategically shape and enhance the vision, values, behaviors, and practices that define an organization’s identity.
We assess the current culture, identifying areas for improvement, and implementactionable strategies to build a thriving, cohesive culture to foster employee engagement and satisfaction and improve organizational success.
This service is dedicated to offering strategic guidance and expertise to CEOs and Boards of Directors on all facets of human capital management.
It encompasses advising on talent acquisition strategies, leadership development, succession planning, culture, organizational design
The ultimate goal is to enhance executive decision-making, ensure robust governancepractices, and build resilient leadership frameworks that drive both organizational success and long-term sustainability.
This service is dedicated to unlocking individual potential through tailored, one-on-one mentorship. We mentor newly appointed CHROs or long-term human capitalleaders who need enhancement in a specific area and/or need to elevate their practices and leadership.
The focus is on building and cultivating essential skills—such as emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and adaptive leadership—through personalized coaching sessions, targeted feedback, and actionable development plans.
Carina is a strategic business leader who brings over 25 years of global human capital experience in multi-billion dollar publicly traded energy organizations. Leveraging business acumen, languages, people skills and the ability to swiftly read individuals and situations empathically and accurately, she helped executives, Board of Directors and leaders in general to transform their organizational culture to deliver business goals and enhance performance.
Carina has a remarkable ability to connect with diverse cultures, quickly understanding what drives them to excel. Her proven success in leading large and medium-sized teams across geographically dispersed and multi-diverse organizations has earned her widespread recognition both in the United States and internationally. Carina resides with her family in Houston, TX.
