Dr. Odette Christie DBA, MBA, MA in

Dr. Odette Christie DBA, MBA, MA

Activist · DISC type Cd
Vice President - People & Culture at GEHA Health
📍 Houston, Texas, United States

Dr. Odette Christie is an Enterprise People & Transformation Executive with over 25 years of experience advising CEOs and boards. She specializes in aligning leadership intention with organizational reality during complex transformations. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration from the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business.

She created the "Leading In The Gap™" and "Alignment Gap™" frameworks to help organizations navigate inconsistencies between agreement and execution.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Vice President - People & Culture
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Houston, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Dr. shows up

Meticulous
Observative
Perfectionist

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Priorities

Topics Dr. cares about

Leadership Alignment
Creator of the "Leading In The Gap™" framework, which focuses on the gap between leadership intention and organizational reality, as seen in her frequent posts on the topic.
Enterprise Transformation
Her career has centered on guiding large organizations like GEHA Health, CB&I, and Accenture through significant business and workforce transformations.
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Career

Work history

7-2022 - 6-2025
Vice President - People & Culture
GEHA Health
6-2016
Founder + Principal Advisor
OEC Global Advisory
9-2012 - 6-2016
Global Director, Organizational & Talent Development
CB&I
1-2010 - 9-2012
Executive Human Capital, Organization Effectiveness & Talent Development
Accenture
1-2003 - 10-2009
Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness and Development
Baker Hughes Inc.,
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Doctor of Business Administration
Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business
MBA
Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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