Christine Wickland

About Christine Wickland

As a seasoned leader in organizational transformation, I bring over 20 years of experience helping complex, fast-moving enterprises achieve clarity, alignment, and sustained performance through periods of growth, contraction, and change. I specialize in shaping organizational effectiveness by aligning structure, leadership, and operating models with strategic priorities, ensuring people, processes, and decisions work in concert.I am known for stepping into ambiguity to uncover root issues, translate insight into scalable organizational architecture, and establish disciplined operating rhythms that enable durable adoption. My leadership style is people-centered and pragmatic, grounded in empathy, sound judgment, and situational awareness, while maintaining high standards and accountability.A trusted partner to senior leaders and boards, I design and implement enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, leadership effectiveness frameworks, and operating models that strengthen cohesion, accelerate execution, and improve organizational health. I am regularly invited to advise, facilitate, and speak on organizational design, executive effectiveness, and enterprise agility, contributing a practical perspective that helps leaders pace change and drive momentum in evolving environments.

Experience

1. Director Organizational Effectiveness

   Expedia Group

   Jan 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Drove enterprise-wide alignment and leadership activation across employees by architecting scalable organizational structures, embedding behavioral frameworks, and accelerating team performance across functions.* Founded and scaled a Center of Excellence for organizational effectiveness and leadership development, establishing disciplined operating cadences and consistent leadership behaviors enterprise-wide.* Designed and implemented an integrated change capability model, combining change leadership, change management, horizon-based roadmapping, maturity assessment, and agility principles, to accelerate adoption through continuous transformation.* Led large-scale structural and leadership transformations, including the shift from platform-led to brand-led teams and the deployment of a six-dimensional VP+ leadership effectiveness framework, improving decision clarity, accountability, cohesion, and delivery outcomes.

Education

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Government

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Talent Management
• Smartsheet
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development
• Event Planning
• Microsoft Excel
• Process Improvement
• Lean Thinking
• Analysis
• Retail
• Marketing
• Merchandising
• Social Networking
• Inventory Management
• Strategic Planning
• Competency Management
• Strategy
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Public Speaking
• Customer Service
• Business Strategy
• Organizational Leadership
• Store Management
• Team Leadership
• Training
• Business Development
• Leadership
• Consulting
• Program Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Team Building
• Management
• Strengthsfinder
• Change Management