What Happened?
Seattle, WA-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation appointed Chris Ernst as Head of Talent Management and Organizational Development.
About the Company
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation operates as a non-profit organization that focuses on healthcare, poverty, and educational sectors in developing countries. The organization provides grants for agricultural development, global health, and technical education programs. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was formerly known as William H. Gates Foundation and changed its name in 2000. The organization was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
About the Person
Chris Ernst, Ph.D. currently oversees talent management and organizational development for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, he served as Vice-President of Leadership and Organization Effectiveness at Juniper Networks in Silicon Valley. His life`s work is to develop new social innovations and networked environments that empower people to collaborate across wide-ranging boundaries to solve pressing problems, innovate, and lead transformations. In a fifteen year career at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), he served in multi-year expatriate roles in Asia and Europe, advised executives in leading Fortune 500 and nonprofit organizations, and designed and facilitated leadership interventions in diverse contexts across six world regions. As an active writer and speaker on global issues, Chris` thought leadership is published in top academic journals and magazines such as HBR, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Chief Learning Officer and MIT Sloan Management Review, and in two books, including CCL`s best-seller, Boundary Spanning Leadership: Six Practices for Solving Problems, Driving Innovation, and Transforming Organizations.
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