Archive for September, 2007

User Conference Wrap Up

Friday, September 28th, 2007

This year's user conference was a resounding success, with nearly 200 customers in attendance from around the world. A big thank you to each of you who made the trip to Ottawa. Having that many customers in one place was a true testament to the company's growing popularity. Coming out of the ...
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Making a Success of Pay for Performance

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

The knowHR blog has a great post on why pay for performance programs fail. Some of the reasons include a lack of true performance differentiation, and weak manager feedback. The blog correctly states, "If everyone's performance is the same, then just pay them all the same and don't waste ...
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Best Practices for High Impact Talent Management

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Industry friend Bersin & Associates recently published a report on best practices for high impact talent management. The report covers 22 talent management processes that drive the highest levels of business impact. This research program studied more than 760 organizations business, talent, and HR processes and includes in-depth analysis of 62 ...
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SaaS: An Industry in Flux

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

The Human Capitalist is weighing in on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Jason Corsello highlights the opinions of fellow blogger Phil Wainewright, who asserts that although SaaS has largely become a preferred delivery model, it's not the only one that works, and often is predicated in unfounded fear from vendors. As Corsello points ...
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Taking HR Software Usability and Flexibility to the Next Level

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Everyday we hear from prospects and customers about how important it is to their organizations that the software they use is flexible, intuitive and profoundly easy to use. Last week, we launched Halogen Employee Performance and Talent Management Suite 8.1 in response to this ever growing need in the market. If ...
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