Katelyn Bloyd, PhD

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders, including executives, HR teams, and front-line employees, to ensure the effective delivery of employee experience programs and initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to develop and implement change management initiatives, resulting in a smoother transition to new technologies, processes, and organizational structures.
• Conduct regular surveys, focus groups, and other forms of feedback to gather insights on employee needs and preferences, and using this information to continuously improve the employee experience. Increased survey participation by more than 20%. Increased survey categories year over year through programming.
• Spearhead a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative and commitment that fosters a culture of inclusivity, resulting in a more diverse workforce, improved collaboration, and a stronger employer brand. Increased belonging and inclusion scores year over year.
• Facilitate conflict resolution between employees and management.
• Conduct exit interviews with departing employees to assess reasons for leaving the company.
• Monitor changes in labor laws to ensure organizational compliance.
• Advise senior managers on best practices for personnel development and succession planning.
• Develop and implement comprehensive employee engagement and retention strategies that continue to impact employee satisfaction, retention rates, and productivity.
• Design and deliver a wide variety of training to meet the needs of the organization, including strategizing the best delivery method.
• Develop and execute comprehensive communication strategies and campaigns that effectively engage internal and external stakeholders, resulting in increased employee awareness and engagement.
• Oversee social media management for staff and content curation.
• Crafting and delivering compelling speeches, presentations, and other forms of public speaking to promote the organization's brand and values.
• Conducting research and analyzing data to develop insights on target audiences, communication trends, and industry best practices, and using this information to continuously improve communication strategies and tactics.
• A history of successfully managing budgets for multiple projects simultaneously and effectively communicating budget information to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Partnered with patient experience teams to ensure insync planning.
• Developed, planned and led training programs on staff development to enhance employee performance, subject matter knowledge, engagement and satisfaction.
• Provided constructive feedback and positive reinforcement to keep trainees motivated.
• Prepared hard copy training materials, module summaries, videos and presentations.
• Managed vendor partnerships for employee experience.
• Collaborated with communication team to create marketing materials and campaigns, collateral and employee resource tools.
• Developed detailed event plans, timelines and budgets to ensure successful execution of events.
• Designed website for HR, DEI initiative and Wellness commitment in addition to content curation.
• Implemented social media with an employee focus and content curation.

• Successfully managed and delivered complex HR projects, such as talent management initiatives, HR process improvements, employee engagement programs, and organizational change management efforts, on time and within budget.
• Led cross-functional project teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Sourced new vendors and suppliers to boost product offerings for employee experience.
• Managed change and ensured adoption of new HR processes, technologies, and programs by effectively communicating and engaging with impacted employees and stakeholders.

• Launched DiSC across the organization. Trained the trainer and led departmental sessions using the tool to discover areas of opportunity to improve morale among staff or as a team building activity. Remained the primary contact for the tool and facilitated 1:1 discussions between leaders and staff using workplace styles as a way to better understand the root of disagreements.
• Launched Manager Toolbox, a resource offered by Advisory Board. Trained leaders and remained primary contact for questions.
• Facilitated open position review and approval.
• Developed editorial calendars to bring consistent communication to staff for engagement and retention.
• Contributed to Employee Handbook creation.
• Drafted policies and procedures for review and approval.
• Fielded questions and ensured quality customer service.
• Handled day-to-day human resource data entry tasks.

Responsible for managing human resource administrative functions and assisting HR Department Directors and Employee Relations Manager on various projects. Collaborated with senior leadership to ensure HR support for multi-site facilities. Processed employee recognition initiatives and secured discounts for employees. Coordinated with Employer Solutions Department to ensure presence and program administration in the System Services Center facilities.

Served as Business Manager responsible for leading daily business operations and provided focused management initiatives. Established and maintained 70+ business accounts while acting as liaison between corporate and local hospitals. Worked directly with hospitals on negotiating contract pricing. Developed and utilized marketing materials focused on brand recognition strategies.