Yesterday I was honored to sit around the table with many thought leaders in the area of employee health management at the annual HERO Think Tank meeting. I am always impressed at the level of commitment and engagement these meetings include, as well as the "brain power" around the table. Credit should be given to the founders of HERO (Bill Witmer and Mark Dundon), as well as Jerry Noyce and his staff for continuing to evolve HERO as an organization and continue its mission. Today it was determined that HERO's research focus is to identify EHM best practices for the industry and it's members and continue to flesh these out to better define gold-standard EHM programming.
As I process our meeting, I have a few observations....
- member organizations are only as good as it's members and their ability to identify their organization's goals, define a strategy to achieve these goals, and take action on this strategy.
- effective leaders bring out the passion in people and their interests, and utilize this energy to shape and springboard the organization's mission.
- organizations should recognize their past successes, but focus on their future success and defining it well. Defining the questions they are trying to answer, determining whether the group has the means to adequately address them, and if the right people are involved to make it happen.
As I sat through research priority discussions today, I felt excited to be a part of a group that has not only identified priorities for our field, but also challenged itself to conduct research with scientific rigor, investigate areas that practitioners are most interested in, and commit to establishing partnerships with other organizations to reach their goals. In addition, it has been an outstanding experience thus far to learn from the many leaders and minds involved in this initiative.
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