Lisa-Anne Ferris Ph. D.

Director of Client Services, Enterprise Learning Solutions
Learning House

Lisa-Anne Ferris, Ph.D. is the Director of Client Services, Enterprise Learning Solutions for The Learning House, Inc., a Wiley Brand. As Director, Lisa-Anne promotes the use of educational benefits as a key L&D strategy. By providing degree pathways and educational opportunities to the workforce, her goal is to collectively bridge the gaps between academia, skills training, and employer outcomes.

Lisa-Anne’s background includes Online Education Management and Teaching, Workforce Development, and HR/Organization Development. Her experiences in these fields allows for the creation, implementation, and scale of products, policies and best practices that benefit adult learners to ultimately aid in degree completion and career progression.

She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Leadership and Organization Development.

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Day Two: Monday, March 25, 2019

Monday, March 25th, 2019

4:05 PM Transitioning from Traditional Employee Assessments to a Less Formal, Interactive Format Increased Engagement and Productivity

The incoming employee segment’s unique communication style and career preferences simply cannot be ignored if you wish to attract and retain their talent. Demonstrating a career plan, providing instant and frequent performance feedback, and conducting informal evaluations are viewed by this generation as attractive total rewards elements. We will examine how one organization successfully moved beyond formal annual employee evaluations to a less formal approach. By conducting quarterly career planning and impromptu feedback sessions they ultimately improved manager-employee communication, employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.