Overview
Ursula Lehnert is a senior client principal in Heidrick & Struggles’ Rio de Janeiro office and a member of Heidrick Consulting. She focuses on the people side of business transformations and is an expert in designing and delivering culture transformations and leadership development programs.
Experience
With more than 19 years of global consulting experience, Ursula has technical expertise in culture and people, leading client engagements focusing on large-scale global culture transformations, change management, capability building, and leadership development.
Ursula’s passion for co-creating solutions with her clients to embed lasting transformational change in organizations, leadership teams, and leaders, helps her clients uncover the underlying cultural traits and define a future cultural footprint to deliver on the organization’s strategy and aspirations. She works with leaders to enhance their team effectiveness and dynamics, enabling them to achieve their strategic objectives.
Ursula’s multicultural perspective comes from her experiences living and working in several countries, including Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Brazil. Her clients operate across multiple industries, including consumer goods, telecommunications, chemical industry, banking, and healthcare.
Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Ursula worked for 18 years at McKinsey & Company across Europe, the United States, and South America.
She also spent time at Yale University as a biophysics researcher.
Education
University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, Ph.D., Physics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, Diploma, Physics