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Thomas O. Davenport is a senior practitioner in the San Francisco office of Towers Watson. He provides advice on human capital strategy, employee and organization research, and leadership development. Contact him at tom.davenport@towerswatson.com. Stephen D. Harding is a senior practitioner in the London office of Towers Watson. He has consulted in employee research and organizational behavior for 20 years, managing employee research projects throughout Europe.
A Management Question: If Employees Aren’t Assets, Then What Are They?
By Thomas O. Davenport and Stephen D. Harding It is dangerous to set up any single executive as a paradigm of enterprise-level leadership, given the … Read more
Managerial Alchemy: Why Work and Reward Are Really One in the Same
By Thomas O. Davenport and Stephen D. Harding It is difficult to overestimate the motivational power many executives and most organizations ascribe to … Read more
The Secret of Management: Learning How to Manage More by Managing Less
By Thomas O. Davenport and Stephen D. Harding In one study of manager roles, a participant used an automotive metaphor to describe his job: “I try to keep … Read more
10 Reasons Why Managers Have a Tough (and Stressful) Job
By Thomas O. Davenport and Stephen D. Harding Lion tamer, U.S. president, inner-city high school teacher, air traffic controller. To this list of the most … Read more