NEHRA'S DIVERSITY VISION
At NEHRA, we are committed to proactively attracting, retaining, including and developing a full and rich membership. In doing so, we hope to be a power of example for organizations striving to maintain or achieve outstanding diversity practices.
We believe it is our duty to be a leader, and flagship for diversity in the workplace, which we define as “the unique differences, similarities, qualities, attributes, experiences, values and perspectives of our individual members, that combined, create a united and cohesive membership.”
NEHRA continually aims to fulfill our vision by creating an extraordinary environment where all are welcomed, nurtured, given an opportunity to contribute and grow, and treated with the utmost respect and dignity.
Assessing Organizational Culture as a Diversity Tool 
When an organization initiates a diversity effort, the process of assessing and identifying the elements of the organization's culture and then sharing those elements with diverse employees can become an active tool for enhancing the employees' rapid assimilation into the fabric of the organization.
Cultural Quick Tip: Find Similarities to Celebrate
This month's quick tip is about celebrating similarities.
Cultural Quick Tip: New Friends
This month's quick tip is about expanding horizons through new friends.
Cultural Quick Tip: Embracing Change
This month's featured quick tip is about embracing change.
Cultural Quick Tip: Respect
Each month we will feature a "quick tip" on culture and diversity.
NEHRA's Survey on Diversity
Diversity Defined
Members share their definitions of diversity.
Diversity: A Different Point of View
A fresh way of looking at diversity.
Can Gray Get to Be HR's Favorite Color? - By BLR
By 2010, the number of workers aged 55 and older will jump 47 percent, while those aged 25 to 54 will rise only 5 percent. Even so, one-third of companies have no plans to cope with that change, and 59 percent do not actively recruit older workers.
Zero Sum Gain Game
There are five areas of focus that are the cornerstones upon which the work experience is defined and assessed by many people of difference in the workplace.
Maximizing Return On Investment With Affinity Groups
Affinity groups are employee-led groups sponsored by the company or organization. They are referred to as affinity groups because members have some common element drawing them together.
Overcoming Cultural Barriers
This article outlines some of the critical communication problems in multinational teams, and then gives some suggestions for increasing the chance that these teams live up to their potential.
Same Gender Marriage and the Workplace
The following information pertains to workplace implications of same-gender marriage. These resources (links, surveys, articles) were complied by NEHRA's GLBT and Friends Special Interest Group.
One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Customized Diversity Strategy for Your Organization
NEHRA recently launched an innovative five-part program designed to assist organizations in achieving their specific diversity goals. This new approach was developed in response to feedback from leaders in New England-based companies that want to enhance the way they integrate diversity into their business strategies.
The Evolution of Diversity: Community Diversity Initiatives Through Collaborative Partnerships
Many companies today are searching for innovative diversity paradigms to enhance the reputation that they are a socially responsible company because they are inclusive of ethnically diverse communities in their business relations and in their social behavior and sensitivities.
Cultural Perspectives Steps to Working Effectively in a Global Environment
Developing awareness of our own cultural perspectives and how our actions may be perceived by our foreign counterparts will provide the skills to work more competently in international settings.
Developing a Culturally Competent Workforce
Have you ever watched a group of people in a meeting become so enmeshed in communication challenges that they became virtually paralyzed? They were no longer dealing with the relevant issue at hand but they were captured in the endless cycle of trying to sort out where the other person was coming from.
Dimensions of Diversity
Eight Essential Elements for an Effective Diversity Initiative??
Top 10 Reasons to Hire People with Disabilities
National Organization on Disabilities
Divesity in Recruiting
Diversity is Hard Work
Last fall I met with board members of a financial services company. They were keenly and genuinely interested in making their company a champion of diversity as quickly as possible. They wanted to be among the "best companies for diversity". I felt that they were looking for the "non-existent magic pill" and pointed out that diversity is hard work, very hard work. What are some of the criteria to make the 'diversity all-star team '?
Diversity Tips for Times of Crisis for HR Professionals
Catching The Age Wave: Strategies For Retaining the Older Worker
The demand for talented and qualified employees in the US is at an all time high. At the same time, the supply is shrinking. The aging of the baby boomer generation and the relatively fewer replacements in the next generation have caused one of the greatest supply and demand gaps our country has ever seen. There are presently 77,000,000 baby boomers in the US workplace and only 44,000,000 left waiting to take their places.
HR Leaders Face New Global Demands: Are You Cross-Culturally Competent?
She thought she was doing the right thing. The HR manager of a large US company operating in China caught an employee stealing.
Reaching Out To The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Or Transgender Employee: From Invisibility To Out Performance
Some years ago, I received a call from my friend, John. He was sobbing deeply, but quietly. His voice was at a whisper's pitch, as if he was trying desperately to hide his emotions so no one would hear.
Measuring The Success Of Diversity Programs
As today's concern with emphasis on diversity spreads to more organizations, one nagging problem for human resource professionals is how to measure progress and success.
Making Diversity Count Through Storytelling
Meeting Needs of Older Worker to Avoid Brain Drain
Companies may be subsidizing their own corporate brain drain if they offer generous early retirement plans instead of finding ways to retain their graying senior staffers with flexible work options and benefits.
Building Great Workplaces: Diversity, Professionalism and Shared Information
Good Training Strategy Helps Avoid Discrimination
