Emeritus Professor Ed Davis, Macquarie University, has taught, researched and consulted in labour relations and human resource management for more than 30 years. He has written and co-edited several books exploring the management of people at work with Professor Russell Lansbury, Sydney University. From 1988-2002 he was a professor at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and from 2002-2008 he was Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Financial Studies at Macquarie. He was made a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute in 2005 and was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2006 for "service to education and to the community in the areas of equity in employment, industrial relations and human resource management." He now consults on HR, coaches and works as a mediator.