
People Power for Culture and Growth
Eskaton has brought on Christhannah Luten as Chief People Officer–a game-changer for locking in their people-first vibe and crafting a culture ready for whatever’s next.
Workforce vibes, leader chops, and org health? They’re the real business drivers now. Christhannah‘s hire puts people, culture, and performance dead center in Eskaton‘s growth playbook. Not old-school HR–this is engineering growth through humans.
HR Transformer with Biz Smarts
Christhannah packs deep leadership across:
- People & culture blueprints
- Org dev and shake-ups
- DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging)
- Comp/benefits tweaks
- Leader growth and perf systems
- Risks, compliance, relations
Her thread? Syncing people ops to biz wins for high-octane teams. No admin–she’s the culture and perf builder.
CPO Playbook at Eskaton
Christhannah‘s the hub for Eskaton‘s people future:
- Enterprise people/culture strategy
- Engagement and stickiness boosts
- Leader/talent pipelines
- DEIB and org wellness
- Workforce tied to biz expansion
- Data-fueled HR calls
People ain’t support anymore–they’re the infrastructure. Makes Eskaton‘s CPO:
Growth rocket.
Culture shaper.
Leader amp.
Risk buddy.
Larkin Company Culture Overhaul
Pre-Eskaton, as Head of People & Culture at The Larkin Company, Christhannah sparked their biggest HR/culture revamp ever:
- Data-driven culture flips
- DEIB baked into ops
- Engagement/retention jumps
- Competitive comp/benefits
- Cheap-smart hiring
- Exec team partner on people puzzles
- Built/mentored killer HR crew
Not tweaks–full enterprise people reset. Turned HR from back-office to biz powerhouse.
Crestwood Behavioral Health Ops Magic
As HR Director at Crestwood Behavioral Health, she juggled ops, compliance, people across California:
- Leader dev programs
- Tough relations/legal fixes
- Morale/retention initiatives
- Ops leader advisor
- HR excellence hubs
Brought order, rules, leadership where people perf meant service wins.
Alluma CHRO Culture Surge
As Exec Director/CHRO at Alluma, full culture reboot:
- Full people strategy
- OKR perf systems
- 15-20% connectedness spike
- Lean workforce tweaks
- 360 leader evals
- CEO/board strategy sidekick
Culture as OS, not buzzword–her edge.
From Compliance Grind to Strategy Star
Early gigs in California state, higher ed, corporate HR nailed:
- Workforce planning
- Regs
- HR ops
- Hiring systems
- Training
- Risks
Policy-to-boardroom view preps her for modern people ops.
Why Eskaton Nails This Hire
Org future’s ruled by:
- Talent hunts
- Employee wellness
- Leader skills
- Culture edges
- Data planning
- DEIB musts
Christhannah flips Eskaton to: People-core biz strat. Boosts as people-first, culture-driven, leader platform, future employer, resilient scaler.
CXO Gateway’s Take
Here at CXO Gateway, Christhannah Luten‘s move is next-gen CPO perfection. Today’s CPO? Forget HR head–they’re:
Culture builders.
Talent schemers.
Leader crafters.
Data decoders.
Org changemakers.
Christhannah gets it: Biz future’s people-powered–aligned, fired-up, enabled. For Eskaton, no routine hire–this fuels a decade of growth, leadership, wins.