NEHRA on the News!

Last week we were 'in' the news, this week, we're 'on'!  NEHRA's very own CEO, Tracy Burns was interviewed on last nights edition of WBGH's Nightly Business Report.  The interview covered a new healthcare policy being implemented at CVS Pharmacy.  This change requires all of CVS' over 200,000 employees who use its health plan to submit their weight, body fat, glucose levels and other health stats or pay a monthly fine of $50.  Tracy weighs in while Deborah Peel, founder of Patient Privacy Rights shares her opinion on the topic - it makes for a very interesting discussion!  Check it out and let us know what you think of these new changes!

WGBH Nightly Business Report: March 21, 2013

From This Weekend's Boston Globe Magazine

"When the Yahoo CEO banned working from home in February, outrage followed. Yet when a middle-aged male CEO made a similar decision in March, there was barely a whimper."

"Yet because so few people from historically underrepresented groups are in positions of power, Liswood says, we throw our hopes behind the few who rise to the top. There are just 21 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, according to 2012 statistics from DiversityInc., as well as six black CEOs, seven Asian, and six Latino. When one member of an underrepresented group succeeds, her recipe for it becomes one-size-fits-all.

So how do we stop overloading these leaders with our hopes? By making more of them. Says Liswood: “Once we get the critical mass of O’s in a room full of X’s, not every O has to represent all O’s.” Only then will we stop pushing heroic expectations — feminist and otherwise — on people who never asked to be heroes for the cause in the first place.

Substantial changes to the American workplace will never come because one CEO, male or female, issues some sweeping edict. Instead, they’ll come office by office, with the rank and file pushing for greater workers’ rights (for both genders). They’ll come from challenging companies to accept that work-life balance has tangible benefits for the bottom line."

Read the full article here.

NEHRA in the News!

Check out what NEHRA's CEO, Tracy Burns has to say about negotiating salary and benefits after a job offer, in this recent Boston Globe Magazine article!

Does It Pay to Know Your Type?

We certainly think so!!

Check out this very cool graphic on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator-
Which historical figure is your type associated with?    (AA Milne for me!)

The Power of Personalities

Yesterday we celebrated a staff birthday at NEHRA…for a fun treat, Natalie brought in The Secret Languages of Birthdays by Gary Goldschneider and Joost Elffers. This (very thick) book dedicates two full pages to each day of the year.  It gives a detailed personality description of people born on that day, as well as recommendations for their health, lucky numbers, and a list of famous people who share their special day.

We went around the lunch table and read the information about each person’s birthday, sparking lots of laughs and even more head nods and ‘Yes, that’s spot on’!  Even though we were really just having fun,  we were reminded of the importance in understanding what makes your co-workers tick.  As a staff, we have taken the Predictive Index System (PI) and reviewed our results as a team.  The PI is an organization performance tool that helps managers and co-workers understand what influences and drives their colleagues at work.  Many of us have also taken the well-known Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and use it to manage our working relationships.  While a little more light hearted than the PI/MBTI assessments, the “birthday book” did remind us that understanding where others are coming from plays a huge role in creating a cohesive, effective work environment.

If you are interested in learning more about your personality type, register for one our Success at Work programs, scheduled for March 14^th, April 11^th, May 9^th, and June 13^th.  Your participation in the program includes an MBTI assessment, and the workshops are full of tools to make you more effective and successful in your role, as well as improve your working relationships.      

2013 Fall Conference