Christine Little
In brief
Christine transformed her first career in journalism into a 20-year career in international learning and organization development. She has worked directly in 30 countries on five continents, on a range of capacity building and organization change initiatives as a consultant, and formerly as the international director of organization learning and development for Habitat for Humanity International.
In her consulting work, she combines what she learned as a journalist – how to use curiosity to better understand a situation and how to clearly present information – with what she has learned from her community and organization development work – how to get the right conversations going, with the right data, on the questions that really matter, so people build clarity, commitment and capacity to move forward and meet objectives.
She is a firm believer in the power of meaningful dialogue as a lever for action and change. She applies the principles and practices of Dialogue Education™ in all her teaching and consulting work and has discovered their relevance across many cultures.
Christine has lived in Latin America for 20 years and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Some recent projects
Habitat for Humanity
Collaborated with the Center for Housing Finance to develop key components of a broad based learning program for micro-finance institutions designed to improve the design and uptake of housing micro-finance products.
MFO
Design and launch a capacity building initiative for a global network of financial change agents. This multi-phase Project included the creation of a blended process to prepare potential network members, and in depth work with the organization to develop the systems and capacity to work wit a network.
Habitat for Humanity
Created a detailed facilitator packet and capacity building process for the Latin America region, as part of a global initiative to introduce a more data-based approach to strategic and programmatic planning.
UNCDF
Conducted in-depth research to harvest the emerging lessons from 10 Financial service providers working youth financial inclusion, designed and facilitated a 3-day knowledge sharing event for these pioneering institutions.
Pepperdine University
Design and teach components of a 10-day session for masters level organization development students. This program, delivered annually, focuses on organization culture, change implementation and appreciative inquiry.
Habitat for Humanity, International
Oversaw the design, development and global implementation of new employee onboarding processes.
University for Peace, Centre for Executive Ed.
Design and co-teach their “Beyond Traditional Leadership” program.
Christine’s education
Master of Science Organization Development
Graziadio School of Business,
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
B.A. (Magna Cum Laude): English, Spanish
Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
When Christine is not at work
Christine lives in Costa Rica with her husband Steve and her two children, Jordan, 18 (currently at university) and Max, 15. Although she has lived there for 17 years, she is still exploring the beaches, mountains and jungles of this beautiful country – in boots, bikes or jeep – and there is still lots more discovering!
What people are saying
Chris’ very intentional approach added tremendous value and resulted in a solid design process. She is also an excellent facilitator and it was a real pleasure to work with her in co-delivering the workshop.
~ Mohit Mukherjee, Director, U Peace Center for Executive Education
Christine has a wonderful way of presenting information and engaging others so that learning occurs. She was able to create an experience that was powerful on many dimensions – personal, organizational and societal.
~ Dr. Ann Feyerherm, Associate Professor, Pepperdine University
