Chris Ernst
Chief Learning Officer
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Chris Ernst is chief learning officer at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. He¡¯s responsible for leading ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ¡¯s talent strategy, including performance and talent enablement, leadership effectiveness, organization development, and employee experience, and using ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ¡¯s technology to optimize these internal programs.
Before joining ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, Chris served as the global head of people and organization potential at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Chris also served as vice president of leadership and organization effectiveness at Juniper Networks and held leadership roles at the Center for Creative Leadership.
Chris holds a doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology from North Carolina State University, and a bachelor¡¯s degree in psychology from James Madison University. He¡¯s also authored a book called ¡°Boundary Spanning Leadership: Six Practices for Solving Problems, Driving Innovation, and Transforming Organizations."
