Speaker

Dr. Anna Tavis, Ph.D. is Founder at Global Plus Lab. an advisory firm working with companies on strategic HR transformation initiatives. Dr. Tavis is on the Faculty at NYU and is an Executive Director and Lead Professor at Latin American business School. She leads Innovation Radar Network with the Executive Networks and is an Academic advisor to Imperative, a human capital start up that focuses on promoting purpose at work. Dr. Tavis has had an extensive global career in business, academia and consulting. In Business, she was the Head of Motorola EMEA OD function based in the UK, Global Head of Talent Management for Nokia based in Helsinki,  Chief Learning Officer with UTC based in Hartford, CT. and Global Head of Talent and Organizational Development for AIG Investments based in NYC. In Academia, she served as faculty at Williams College and Fairfield University. Dr. Tavis is the Executive Editor of People + Strategy Journal, a quarterly publication of HRPS, SHRM’s Executive network. She is an author and key note speaker.  A collection of her edited essays “Point Counter Point. New Perspectives in People and Strategy” was published by SHRM in 2013.

 

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, she received her M.A. and Doctorate from Princeton University and her Executive MBA from the University of South Carolina. She speaks English, Russian, German, Spanish and is an avid Argentine tango dancer and performer.