Dr. Anna Tavis
Clinical Professor, Academic Director, HCM Department
New York University
Dr. Anna Tavis is Clinical Professor and Academic Director of Human Capital Management Department at New York University School of Professional Studies, Senior Fellow with the Conference Board, and the Academic in Residence with Executive Networks and with ReFrame Work Consulting.
Dr. Tavis has been named to Thinkers50 Radar for 2020. Dr. Tavis's book co-authored with Stela Lupushor: Humans at Work. The Art and Practice of Creating a Remote Workplace is released in March 2022. Dr. Tavis published two volumes of edited essays Point/Counterpoint: The New Perspectives on People and Strategy (SHRM 2013 and 2017) that are approved for HR professional certification credit. Dr. Tavis publishes regularly in the business media and has been quoted by the Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Human Resources Executive, Training Magazine.
Dr. Tavis’ HBR articles with Peter Cappelli HR Goes Agile ( 2018) and The Performance Management Revolution (2016) were reprinted in HBR's Must Reads ( 2016 & 2018) Definitive Management Ideas of the Year (2016 and 2018) and in Agile: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review (2020) Prior to joining NYU faculty, Dr. Tavis navigated a diverse global career in academia, business and consulting.
In business, Dr. Tavis was the Head of Motorola’s EMEA OD function based in London, Nokia’s Global Head of Talent Management based in Helsinki, Chief Learning Officer with United Technologies Corp based in Hartford, CT and Global Head of Talent and Organizational Development with AIG Investments based in NYC. In Academia, Dr. Tavis was on the faculty at Williams College, Fairfield University and Columbia University. Dr. Tavis received her PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and Executive MBA in International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Tavis has been named to Thinkers50 Radar for 2020. Dr. Tavis is an Associate Editor of Workforce Solutions Review and a former Executive Editor of People+Strategy Journal. Senior Fellow with the Conference Board, and the Academic in Residence with Executive Networks and with ReFrame Work Consulting.
Dr. Tavis has been named to Thinkers50 Radar for 2020. Dr. Tavis's book co-authored with Stela Lupushor: Humans at Work. The Art and Practice of Creating a Remote Workplace is released in March 2022. Dr. Tavis published two volumes of edited essays Point/Counterpoint: The New Perspectives on People and Strategy (SHRM 2013 and 2017) that are approved for HR professional certification credit. Dr. Tavis publishes regularly in the business media and has been quoted by the Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Human Resources Executive, Training Magazine.
Dr. Tavis’ HBR articles with Peter Cappelli HR Goes Agile ( 2018) and The Performance Management Revolution (2016) were reprinted in HBR's Must Reads ( 2016 & 2018) Definitive Management Ideas of the Year (2016 and 2018) and in Agile: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review (2020) Prior to joining NYU faculty, Dr. Tavis navigated a diverse global career in academia, business and consulting.
In business, Dr. Tavis was the Head of Motorola’s EMEA OD function based in London, Nokia’s Global Head of Talent Management based in Helsinki, Chief Learning Officer with United Technologies Corp based in Hartford, CT and Global Head of Talent and Organizational Development with AIG Investments based in NYC. In Academia, Dr. Tavis was on the faculty at Williams College, Fairfield University and Columbia University. Dr. Tavis received her PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and Executive MBA in International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Tavis has been named to Thinkers50 Radar for 2020. Dr. Tavis is an Associate Editor of Workforce Solutions Review and a former Executive Editor of People+Strategy Journal. Senior Fellow with the Conference Board, and the Academic in Residence with Executive Networks and with ReFrame Work Consulting.
