Foundations of excellence
Vonpar Coca-Cola, AmBev / AB InBev, Lojas Renner
Early high-performance environments grounded my belief that strategy starts with people and that execution depends on care, structure, and discipline.
Leadership strategist | Talent executive | Scholar-practitioner
Leadership that evolves people, systems, and strategy.
I help leaders and organizations design talent systems that are as strategic as they are human, connecting maturity, culture, accountability, and sustainable change.
About Cintia
I design leadership systems that grow people, not just performance.
For over 20 years, I have worked across global organizations at the intersection of people, performance, and purpose. My career spans major HR disciplines, from labor relations and organization design to executive coaching and enterprise transformation.
As a multicultural leader and PhD candidate in Organizational Development and Change, I bring practical experience and research-based insight to leadership maturity, systems thinking, and sustainable talent strategy.
I believe leadership is not static. It is a system in motion, one that evolves people, culture, and execution in unison.
Professional journey
From Southern Brazil to global strategy.
Each chapter shaped a different way of leading in complexity: building, bridging, scaling, transforming, and integrating.
Building and scaling in manufacturing
Parker Hannifin, Android Industries
I built HR strategy across 8 countries and 26 sites, launched new plants, and embedded talent practices from the start.
Crossing borders, expanding impact
U.S. relocation, Grumpy Lemon, NSF International
This chapter expanded my view of global strategy, local relevance, entrepreneurship, and inclusive culture across 173 countries.
Enterprise strategy meets scholarship
Piston Group, Fielding Graduate University
Today I guide enterprise-wide talent strategy while researching ego development, human systems, and wiser leadership.
Core expertise
A practice built for people systems.
Leadership development and succession
Building leadership pipelines, maturity practices, and succession strategies that align with business objectives and internal growth.
Strategic talent management
Connecting acquisition, development, mobility, engagement, and workforce planning into one coherent talent ecosystem.
Culture and transformation
Designing human-centered systems that support change, accountability, inclusion, and sustainable performance.
Speaking and media
Keynotes, conversations, and working sessions for leaders building in complexity.
Inspired by the richer platform model of leading author-speaker sites, this section gives event planners a clearer path to invite Cintia for executive audiences, HR communities, women's leadership programs, and transformation forums.
Start a speaking inquiryLeadership maturity in turbulent systems
How leaders expand capacity, not just competency, when organizations outgrow old playbooks.
From talent programs to talent ecosystems
Building integrated people systems that connect strategy, culture, accountability, and growth.
Cross-cultural leadership and belonging
Lessons from global HR, relocation, identity, and leading across cultural meaning systems.
Insights and resources
Where ideas meet practice.
A searchable resource library for leadership maturity, systems thinking, scholar-practitioner reflections, and practical tools.
Leadership maturity
Leadership maturity as a strategic capability
How vertical development helps leaders navigate complexity with greater range, depth, and accountability.
Request this articlePractical tool
The people systems audit
A reflective checklist for spotting misalignment across talent, culture, structure, and execution.
Request the toolSystems thinking
Where systems meet soul
A framework for designing accountability without stripping organizations of humanity.
Read moreResearch reflection
Scholar-practitioner notes from the PhD path
Research reflections on ego development, psychology, sustainable leadership, and organizational change.
Follow the seriesArticles and essays
A scholarly archive of leadership reflections.
A formal collection of published essays on leadership maturity, organizational systems, cross-cultural practice, sustainable leadership, mentorship, and human-centered change.
Select an article from the archive to read the full essay.
Mentorship
Know Your Place: a six-session journey of leadership maturity.
Every year, I mentor women around the world through a reflective, empowering journey designed to center their growth, goals, and unique voice.
Discovery
Insight
Strategy
Alignment
Identity
Integration
True leadership development is not about adding more skills. It is about expanding your capacity to see, understand, and navigate complexity.
Explore mentorshipCredentials
Experience, education, and applied learning.
Education
- PhD Candidate, Organizational Development and Change, Fielding Graduate University
- Master's in Psychology Candidate, Human Development, Fielding Graduate University
- Graduate studies in Group Dynamics, SBDG
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Certifications and methods
- SPHRi, HRCI
- People Analytics, Wharton Online
- Targeted Selection Interviewing and Trainer, DDI
- PDA Analyst, Design Thinking, storytelling, and translation for impact