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2013
APRIL
Know Your Numbers Fair and Online HQ & Chair Massage
April 8th
Alumnae Hall Ballroom
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Get your biometric measures, complete an online HQ, and enjoy a chair massage. Spouses welcome.
Employees and covered spouses who complete the online Harvard Pilgrim HQ by May 31st will earn a $100 visa gift card. And employees who participate in the Know Your Numbers Biometric screenings oncampus will be entered into a raffle for an iPhone 5, including a one-year data plan and charger.
Competency Based Programs
Valuing Work, Wellesley College’s integrated program of performance management, skills and career development, and compensation for administrative staff, identifies nine factors or competencies that are important to successful performance at Wellesley. The following programs have been selected to further develop expertise in many of these areas:
Creative and Innovative Thinking
Description: Grow, tone, and stretch your creativity. You and your department all benefit from exercising innovation. Come and explore how to overcome creative blocks and generate new ideas. As a result of attending this seminar, you will be able to tap your creativity, while helping others to access their innovative side.
Let Positivity Power You and Your Organization
Description: This seminar will provide concrete strategies for improving attitude, which will lead to better work relations, higher job satisfaction, and an overall more positive perspective on life.
Persuasive Presentations
Description: There are specific skills that enhance presentation delivery, strategies for program development, and tips for converting speaker anxiety into energy. This interactive workshop provides participants with practical tools for public speaking in any setting.
Active Listening
Description: Do you ever feel misunderstood or mystified by bosses, colleagues, or customers? It could be that something has been “lost in translation,” or that we aren’t using active listening skills to understand what is said to us. When communicating, most of us focus on our outward message and only listen so we can form retorts. The most successful communicators, those who are able to influence others, listen… really listen. Participants of this seminar will explore and practice active listening skills.
Email Etiquette
Description: This session will focus on the efficacy and etiquette of e-communications in order to improve the outcomes of e-exchanges.
Working in a Multi-generational World
Description: This seminar will help individuals better understand themselves and the diverse group within which they work.
Best Practices in Meeting Management
Description: This seminar will explore the value of meetings, your role as facilitator or meeting member, and what you can do to keep energy up.
Moving from Turf to Talk: Navigating the Collaborative Process
Description: This seminar will explore examples of teams collaborating on a variety of projects to glean best practices for effective collaboration.
Maximizing your Productivity
Description: This seminar is a must for anyone who wishes they could better focus, attend to details, minimize distractions, and have better quality control.
Introduction to Mindfulness: back by popular demand!
A six week class coming this fall, the series will begin on September 19th and will be held each Thursday from 12 to 1pm (the first and last sessions will go to 1:30), in the Houghton Chapel Multi Faith Room. Space is limited to the first 25 employees, to rsvp go to http://www.wellesley.edu/hr/empdev/signup or call x3289
For additional information on mindfulness, please visit www.harvardpilgrim.org/mindfulness
Money $marts for Pre Retirees and Retirees
Description: PBS host and author Jonathan Pond will present his observations and suggestions for thriving in today’s challenging investment and financial planning environment. The financial services industry seems to think that once you’re retired, your financial needs are pretty much satisfied. That’s balderdash! No matter your age or financial circumstances, there are always sensible opportunities to improve your financial future. Jonathan will discuss a variety of important financial matters, including planning for a financially-comfortable retirement, thriving throughout your retirement years, investing, and estate planning. View this website at jonathonpond.com. Lunch will be provided. Spouses/ partners/ welcome.
Audience: Emeriti and active faculty
Date/Time: 4/2/2013, 12:30-1:30pm
Location: College Club Wall Room
Social Security & Medicare
Description: Francine Kollias, a professional with Social Security expertise – will present information regarding this key retirement income benefit and Medicare. Find out what has changed and what has not and how it affects you. This is an in-depth presentation about Social Security benefits, how Medicare works, when you should apply, and the on-line services Social Security has to help you. Questions are welcome. Attend one of the sessions. Bring your questions, bring a guest, and bring your brown bag lunch. Space is limited to the first 80 attendees.
Audience: Actives employees and spouse/ partner
Date/Time: 4/2/2013 or 4/16/2013, 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Library Lecture Room
Dave Carboni Pd.D., CFP
A popular presenter at the College in the past! Dave is back to conduct two important and in-depth workshops. Attend one or both sessions.
1) Financial Planning for Retirement
Description: How to develop a "financial planning perspective." Key concepts and approaches necessary to ensure a financially secure retirement. How to critically evaluate your financial options. Get organized: create viable cash flow statements and balance sheets. Ways to improve your cash flow and balance sheets. Preparing for “one on one “meetings with Financial Planners (what documents to bring and key questions to ask) Figuring out if you’re on track to afford to retire. Start with the basics, it is easy: improving your financial literacy will help you now and forever. Choose literacy. Light dinner will be provided. Spouses/partners welcome.
Audience: Retirees, Actives and Guests
Date/Time: 4/30/2013, 4:00-7:00pm
Location: College Club Council Dining Room
2) Managing Your Nest Egg & Retirement Income Planning
Description: Characteristics of various investments. Kinds of investment risks associated with all investments, and how to manage these risks. How to build an investment planning strategy for retirement. Advantages and disadvantages of various retirement income planning approaches. Assure you don’t run out of purchasing power before you run out of time. (How does a Social Security benefit collecting strategy fit into your retirement income planning?). “Guaranteed for life” and “risk reward strategies;” its not an either or proposition. Prosperity may be a combination of both. Choose to invest in what works for you. Light dinner will be provided. Spouses/partners welcome.
Audience: Retirees, Actives and Guests
Date/Time: 5/14/2013, 4:00-7:00pm
Location: College Club Council Dining Room
One-on-one independent, certified financial planners (CFP) come to campus to provide investment education
Description: Confidence and competence are key ingredients to a prosperous future. Be coached by experts. The College is picking up the tab. Choose a Prosperity coach! You will learn when you can afford to retire. No more guess work related to retirement income and expenses.The CFPs will provide investment education, not investment advice. The College is providing this investment education resource to help equip employees with as much information as possible about their own retirement planning. Retirement planning is complicated. This resource provides general financial and investment information base on your individual retirement needs, and is intended to help you make better retirement-related decisions for you and your family. These CFPs are not tied to a fund house, their compensation is not based on the fund decision you make. They are paid an hourly rate by the College, through the 403(b) Retirement Plan. Learn more, or make an appointment by calling the benefits office at x2212 or x2215
Audience: Actives employees and spouses/partners
Date/Time: 4/1/2013 and on-going.
Location: Private office in HR Green Hall
TIAA-CREF Resources and Counseling
Description: Financial Consultants provide retirement plan advice based on your individual needs and risk tolerance. Wealth ManagementAdvisors provide highly customized solutions for participants with more complex financial needs, or those who have accumulated significant assets.To schedule an appointment with your TIAA-CREF Financial Consultant or Wealth Management Advisor, call 781-314 2403. Online advice and planning tools: Visit https://www.tiaa-cref.org/public/advice-planning You will learn about; Retirement Advisor - an easy to use and flexible resource to help participants with a wide range of assets and goals, making it simple to evaluate and take action with their investment strategy. Retirement Income Planner - helps participants who are nearing retirement get a sense of how much income they can expect once they leave.
Audience: Active employees
Date/Time: on-going.
Location: To be determined
Behavioral Aspect of Retirement Planning and Financial Decisions
Description: Dr. Dave Richardson of the TIAA-CREF Financial Institute. Come join us for this interesting session that will explore: New research on behavioral influences impacting your retirement security, Why many investors are unprepared for shortfall risk as longevity increases, Psychological biases affecting retirement income decisions, Potential solutions for future retirees, financial advisers, and plan sponsors. About Dr. Richardson: TIAA-CREF Institute Senior Economist specializing in public pension, retirement plan, and household financial security research, Former Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Held New York Life Chair in Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University, Former Financial Economist, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Treasury.
Audience: Actives employees and spouses/partners
Date/Time: 5/23/2013, 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Library Lecture Room
Mindfulness and Meditation Series
Mindfulness is a concentrated state of awareness that can help us see and respond to situations with clarity. It's gaining popularity as a wellness practice both inside the workplace and out. Three decades of scientific research suggest that mindfulness can positively, and often profoundly, affect people's ability to reduce their medical symptoms and psychological distress. Regular practice actually creates observable, physical changes in the brain - changes that impact thought patterns and the body's physical response to stress. In the class noted below, participants will learn about and practice mindfulness meditation. Developing mindfulness helps you to better manage tension and stress, be more objective, communicate and make decisions more effectively, be more productive and creative. www.harvardpilgrim.org/mindfulness.
Location: Multi Faith Room, Houghton Chapel
Date/Time: Start date is September 19th and sessions will be held each Thursday from 12 to 1pm (the first and last sessions will go to 1:30)
