Meet Christine Render

Christine Render, Founder & CEO ScaleUp Coaching & Consulting LLC

Formerly Vice President, Human Resources at Dometic Sr. Director, Human Resources at Baxter International Inc.

Christine is a leadership catalyst.

Christine identifies opportunities for individuals to lead more intentionally and for organizations to elevate their collective leadership effectiveness.

She unlocks leadership potential through custom coaching, development programs and workshops.

Christine is a trusted advisor, combining her HR competency and business acumen with candid observations and a collaborative approach to co-create the best solution for her clients.

Christine Render’s Bio

Building on 20+ years leading people and organizational success, Christine Render established ScaleUp Coaching & Consulting LLC to deliver talent management strategies that elevate people and business results.

Christine brings a holistic talent approach to her clients. This includes macro strategies that optimize people’s work experience through talent development, engagement and workplace culture, and micro strategies that empower people to own their professional work experience.

Christine also serves as Business Leader Faculty® at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and the Lake Forest Center for Leadership and is an authorized partner for The Five Behaviors® assessments and workshops for building cohesive teams.

Christine has worked for Fortune 500, local and multinational companies, including for- and not-for-profit organizations, ranging from 10K-50K employees.  As a human resources business partner, she supported operations, manufacturing, R&D, and corporate functions including finance, HR, marketing, communications, IT, customer service, compliance, and philanthropy. She has experience with leader transitions, acquisitions, and divestitures, starting up and shutting down facilities and teams, cultural transformation, new product development and launch, and function turnarounds. Christine leverages these experiences to deliver coaching, advisory and consulting projects to SMBs through ScaleUp.

Christine is trained in Ken Blanchard’s Coaching Essentials®, has over 15 years of leadership and career coaching experience, and a Professional Life Coach certification. This enables a balanced approach to coaching for professionals whose work and life are intertwined. Christine’s background in talent management and strategy coupled with the art and science of coaching gives her the ability to develop a clear path of discovery and meaningful exercises for each unique individual she coaches.

Christine received her Women in Leadership certificate from The George Washington University School of Business. Her expertise in this area equips her to help females and their allies consider the challenges women may face in the workplace and how to address them.

Christine brings a positive, energetic, growth mindset to every engagement. She seeks to understand first, before giving feedback and making recommendations. Christine is best known as a deep listener, uber collaborator, and impact multiplier. She is a results-driven change agent and a trusted thought partner. 

  • “Christine has a unique ability to understand complex individual/team dynamics and provide clear, concise, and actionable guidance. She is process orientated with a human approach and possesses a wide variety of tools that allows her to fluidly provide many different options for leaders to solve problems. I truly enjoyed partnering with Christine, as we worked to solve our business challenges, maximize opportunities and develop a more inclusive, nurturing and engaged team. I would encourage any leaders or organizations to work with Christine.”

    Adam Donahue, Vice President Outdoor & Marketing

  • “Christine is the consummate HR business partner. Over this past year she was able to lead a dramatic transformation of our HR department with particular emphasis on employee engagement, talent management, and acquisition readiness. Our company has been a highly acquisitive company for many years and she stepped into a situation that required significant change management to fully integrate these legacy businesses. It was her collaborative, strategic, and leadership capabilities that has raised the bar for not only the HR organization but for the entire Americas leadership team!”

    Scott Nelson, President, Americas

  • "Christine’s training is one of the best training on leadership I have taken, and I have taken many trainings. Her expertise and knowledge on the topic shows because she’s lived many of the case scenarios we practiced with. To me that is very valuable. She speaks and trains way more from personal and professional experience. She’s very passionate, organized, empathetic, came well prepared and provided reinforcement and feedabck to all my colleagues professionally and respectfully. There were challenging moments and she remained professional and created a supportive environment for all. I highly recommed Christine to leaders who are looking to go to the next level and make a positive impact on their team."

    Jaime Peña, Health Promotion Programs Coordinator

  • “Christine was my HR partner during significant transformation in my team and I could not have wished for a more strategic partner and counsel during that organization build out phase. She brings high integrity, thoughtfulness, strategic and collaborative mindset, and a sense of calm to every discussion!”

    -Anila Lingamneni, Vice President R&D

  • “I was considering a career change and looking to explore my options when I happened to meet Christine. The exploration process was truly incredible, I feel my level of insight and self awareness improved exponentially. When I was presented with an opportunity to change jobs, Christine shifted gears and helped me through the process of considering, ultimately accepting, and transitioning to the new job. I can honestly say that these few months with Christine will have long lasting effects on my entire career. These were lessons I will take with me for decades to come. I highly recommend ScaleUp to anyone going through a challenging time or looking to learn more about themselves. Christine was incredible! “

    Rick G (Behavioral Health Consultant)

  • “Christine was one of the best strategic and proactive partners I've had the pleasure and success in working with over the course of my 35-year career. She is proactive, practical, thorough, and creative. I would not have been able to accomplish the transformations necessary in my job without her partnership. Christine authored and drove an extensive career culture transformation that grew talent readiness for expanded jobs across global operations and supply chain, aligning talent development with business needs. Mapping of critical experiences and role location moves necessary to successfully master our complex organization became the centerpiece of this effort. She also developed and implemented a strong change plan in partnership with the global HR team and business leaders, including education, expectation-setting, custom tools and resources and compelling employee testimonials.”

    Kathy Warren, Vice President, Operations

  • “Christine was an outstanding HR leader and trusted partner through numerous organizational change initiatives. She is a great thought partner who cares to understand and always provides valuable feedback based on strong judgement. Her strategic thinking, high moral standards, situational awareness and calming demeanor are true assets to any team.”

    Rex Kuriger, Sr. Director R&D