Elnora Kelly
People Strategy & Org Effectiveness | Designing Better Work
- Role
- Head of People Strategy at Atlassian
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elnora Kelly
Curious about how work really works—and how to design it for better performance across people and organizations. I bring behavioral science and organizational design together to shape the future of work.I’m an organizational strategy and effectiveness leader focused on how the future of work gets built. My career has lived at the intersection of behavioral science, technology, and design—translating research and insight into the systems, capabilities, and talent strategies modern organizations need to perform.My experience spans strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and people strategy—supported by interdisciplinary people functions and enterprise intelligence systems that enable better decisions at scale. I’ve guided executive teams through crisis response and complex workforce transitions, and helped high-performing teams evolve from execution partners to strategic partners. My foundation in Industrial-Organizational Psychology shapes how I approach organizational problems, grounding transformation in behavioral science, evidence, and product thinking rather than intuition or slogans.Earlier in my career, I partnered with public agencies and nonprofits on strategic planning, leadership development, and operational effectiveness—work that built a practical foundation for navigating complex systems and multi-stakeholder environments. Today, I design human-centered, tech-enabled workplaces that help organizations adapt, innovate, and create value in the future of work.
Experience
Head of People Strategy
Dec 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Education
Old Dominion University
Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Georgia State University
Master of Public Administration - MPA, Public Policy Analysis & Crisis Management
Georgia Institute of Technology
ABD (PhD), Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Skills
- Employee Surveys
- Process Improvement
- Performance Management
- Program Evaluation
- Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Management
- Spss
- Sql
- People Analytics
- Statistics
- Leadership Development
- Organizational Development
- Training
- Proposal Writing
- Organizational Design
- Tableau
- R
- Strategic Planning
- Human Resources
- Public Speaking
- Policy
- Leadership
- Program Management
- Microsoft Office
- Project Management
- Research
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