Kerri Nelson, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, AR

• Directs large-scale workplace and workforce research initiatives that provide business leaders, HR, and policy makers with evidence-based insights, recommendations, and innovations at the intersection of people and work
• Advises senior executives, HR leaders, and policy makers on current and emerging workforce trends, including key issues related to workforce development, skills-based hiring, diversity, equity, and inclusion, workplace.
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• Partners closely with internal and external stakeholder teams to drive effective collaboration and business impact
• Supports strategic decision making through advanced data analytics and the implementation of complex research methodologies, including survey innovations and quasi-experimental designs.
• Serves as an expert and research spokesperson at conferences, on webinars and panels, and in the media Show less

• Collaborated on diverse workplace survey research that assessed employee well-being, engagement, organizational climate, turnover and retention, and work-life issues
• Executed complex research projects from study design and questionnaire development to data collection, advanced statistical analysis, data visualization, and reporting
• Presented key research findings and implications at national conferences

• Partnered with a cross-functional team to design UConn's employee survey examining workplace culture, the employee experience, and the effectiveness of organizational change initiatives
• Managed data collection for 7,000+ employees and analyzed quantitative and qualitative survey data to track engagement and culture change metrics
• Designed an easy-to-use report that communicated key survey findings as well as actionable insights and recommendations across multiple audiences

Greater Atlanta Area

• Supported the design and delivery of global talent management solutions to improve organizational effectiveness and assessment across the business
• Conducted custom talent analytics and built reports and tools to address the goals and needs of HRBPs, managers, and the HR leadership team
• Conducted employee skills assessments, analyzed results, and presented executive summaries that helped teams identify key skill gaps and opportunities for development
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• Contributed to the creation of a structured interview training for hiring managers to increase alignment between the talent strategy and company culture
• Communicated with the engagement survey vendor to improve internal results reporting and created a toolkit to help managers better understand and act on their team results Show less

University Of Connecticut

• Developed surveys and managed data collection for the final phase of a study evaluating the effectiveness of an employee empowerment initiative in healthcare; assisted in evaluating training effectiveness using.
• Assisted with the analysis of the annual National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Employer Preferences Survey, providing the NSBE Board of Corporate Affiliates with data-driven insights on the best ways to recruit.
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• Conducted a job analysis of the submariner position for the U.S. Navy. Led focus groups with subject matter experts and identified key knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that could be prioritized.
• Provided expertise for the creation of healthy workplace program toolkit that helps organizations identify root causes of specific work issues and implement appropriate solutions Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Master Of Science (M.S.), Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Honors College