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Welcome!

Like thousands of other high achievers, You've found us! Since you are a high achiever, I just knew you would.

On our site, you will find products and services tailored to meet the unique needs of high achieving individuals, their families, and corporations. Our core services are: leadership development, executive coaching, and mental health maintenance/psychotherapy.

So feel free to browse the site, call 312-382-8710 with any questions or schedule an appointment. Thank you for visiting…

Jinnie (English) Cristerna, LCSW, CHt

Founder & CEO

International & Chicago’s High Achievers

"We work hard to disown the parts of our lives that were painful, difficult, or sad. But just as we can't rip chapters out of a book and expect the story to still make sense, so we cannot rip chapters out of our past and expect our lives to still make sense. Keep every chapter of your life intact, and keep on turning the pages. Sooner or later you'll understand why every scene, every chapter was needed." ~ Sandra Kring

Testimonials

“ …responsive, incredibly enthusiastic and supportive of the mission of the evening conference for students of color from our college and graduate and professional schools. …Her keynote address was thought provoking, encouraging and well received by our students and alumni who attended the event.”

Bora Un , Assistant Director of Undergraduate Preparation, University of Chicago
“Jinnie is a unique, talented and generous woman! She … create(d) both a workshop and a webinar for the UCWBG. Both were well attended and well received. She tackled one of the thorniest topics we all face - working with difficult people. Her examples helped flesh out several real-world situations. She also responded to audience questions and provided suggestions to resolve their issues wherever possible. She has identified a unique niche and provides a great service to leaders who want to insure their personal challenges not create professional issues!”

Elene Cafasso , President, Enerpace, Inc. Executive Coaching
“Ever since I listened to Jinnie’s insightful comments as part of a University of Chicago alumni event in 2008, I have looked forward to an opportunity to collaborate with her. Two years later, that day came and the Illinois Education Foundation is fortunate to partner with her in support of the students we serve. Jinnie’s expertise in helping professionals develop personally and professionally has been a great asset to our scholar development program. Jinnie is able to leverage her skill set to meet the needs of an extremely diverse cohort of community college students who range in age from 18 to 53 and represent a range of professional interests and life experiences. At each of the sessions Jinnie facilitated, our scholars and board were effusive in their praise of her work, her ability to connect with multiple audiences, and above all, her ability to give our students the tools necessary for their continued growth.”

Nina Sanchez , Program Director, Illinois Education Foundation
“I met Jinnie via a very insightful comment she made a conference we were both attending. Given her insights, I made it a point to introduce myself to her afterwards, which formed the basis of our working relationship. The insights Jinnie provided during the conference were more than random thoughts that day. Jinnie is a deep thinker who can make practical applications from her insights. She is a talented professional who I have also seen lead groups of senior leaders through thought provoking conversations. Jinnie is a great listener who can hear everything you say and pull out the salient issues to help you address problems. She is a joy to work with and a trusted advisor.”

Cedric D Thurman , Senior Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle
“… as President of the Women's Business Development Center International & Chicago’s High Achievers is excellent at connecting and growing today and tomorrow's leaders ..."

hedy ratner , Co-President, Women's Business Development Center - Chicago
“ … Jinnie empowers motivated professionals with the tools required to pursue their career and personal growth objectives in harmony. As a trained therapist, she is passionate about helping individuals to leverage their innate strengths, while also identifying and addressing any conscious or subconscious barriers to their continued development.”

Jasmine Crawford , Director of Program Administration, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
“… Jinnie is bright, professional, creative, driven and a wonderful colleague. She is focused on making things better for those who often cannot help themselves. She is highly qualified, well grounded and is comfortable with everyone she comes in contact. … If you engage her, she will deliver!”

Larry A. Callahan , Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Chicago Medical Center
“Jinnie provided a creative and interactive workshop on negotiation and conflict management for a group of Asian American professionals. She opened the session with a newsworthy and culturally relevant case study, and moved into a tailored exercise that addressed our participants' current issues and gave them the opportunity to role-play and practice techniques while providing constructive and empathic feedback. Jinnie brings expertise in leading workshops that hone workplace skills while also focusing on personal development.”

Joanna Su
“Jinnie is not only an expert in her field, but a true "thought leader" in the area of motivating and engaging high performers. Personally, I have both seen the results of her work in the lives of others, and have benefited myself from her advice and counsel.”

Keith Wyche , President & CEO, Cub Foods
“Jinnie is an expert facilitator, visionary and strategic thinker. We appreciated both her big picture vision as well as the procecss to arrive at clear strategic goals. Jinnie is intelligent, agile, adaptive and transformative.”

James S. Williams Jr. , Business Diversity Manager, University of Chicago Medical Center
“I met Jinnie through a professional networking organization and became a client based on our interactions. I was feeling relationship and work-life balance stress. Thanks to Jinnie, I gained perspective and found my high achieving mien - which had taken a necessary retreat.”

Graciela Martinez
“Jinnie is an excellent cross-cultural coach and adviser who takes many different aspects of people's lives and gets to the heart of matters. She is also an adept speaker and workshop facilitator.”

Gordon C.C. Liao , Vice President, Baird Capital Partners
“Jinnie is by far one of the most effective change agents I have ever had the pleasure to witness. Through her roundtable settings, Jinnie is able to comprehend and analyze the thought processes that lead to critical decisions. And the results of Jinnie's skillful facilitation are conversations and shifts that lead to sustainable behavioural changes.”

Lynn Sutton , Managing Principal, Kairos Consulting Worldwide
“… Jinnie is as tactfully direct and honest as she is insightful; I find myself reflecting on many of her succinct analogies regularly as I balance work and personal life through continual assessment and improvement. Jinnie is truly a valuable asset to the profession and an unparalleled resource to the business community at large. It is with great pleasure and honor that I personally recommend her.”

Rona Fourté , Executive Director, Chicago MBOC
“I had a great experience attending one of Jinnie's USA TAEKWONDO Think Tanks and Coaching workshops for parents of athletes during the most recent US OPEN in Austin, TX. Her company "Chicago High Achievers" provides this service for USA Taekwondo. Jinnie has in depth knowledge of the sport, being a successful athlete herself and mother of a high performance competitor. Jinnie helped all participants to achieve productive results by gently leading the collective thought process and asking all the right questions. Jinnie impressed me as an analytical and creative thinker, well spoken moderator and on top of it, a fun person!"

Eva Ries