Chris Hockaday
Director of Education at Simmons Bank specializing in employee development
- Role
- Director of Education at Simmons Bank
- Location
- Conway, AR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Hockaday
Results-driven, people oriented leader with consistent performance and achievement in…
Experience
Director of Education
May 2017 — Present · Little Rock, AR, US
Responsible for company-wide education and employee development, incorporating all retail, consumer and commercial lending training in addition to other division development including compliance and leadership development education. Manage a professional development budget of $1 million, build and implement department strategy, collaborate with division and executive leadership, implement the learning management system and lead ten direct reports.Accomplishments:• Innovation: Transformed education model from in-branch training to a centralized consistent classroom environment including hybrid approach utilizing both virtual and instructor led processes. Further initiated efforts during covid pandemic to ensure effective education• Merger and Acquisition: Responsible for the educational strategy for all new team members through nine merger and acquisitions; number of associates doubled to over Leadership: Received personal leadership effectiveness score of 94 from education team direct reports, exceeding companywide average. • Technology: Lead team that utilizes Articulate 360, Captivate, and Vyond software to support online learning including a video-based Micro-Learning Strategy• People Investment Strategies: • Designed and implemented a professional development program that provides reimbursement funding for college tuition, professional certifications, American Bankers Association school programs, and commercial banking schools. • Designed and executed associate knowledge skill gap review to determine growth opportunities and implemented training strategies to support initiative. • Designed and implemented a DISC assessment strategy to impact a “Better Together” work environment. • Built and implemented a financial literacy program to educate all customer facing associates in financial acumen.
Education
University of Central Arkansas
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
University of Central Arkansas
Master of Science - MS
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