At last month’s HR.com virtual tradeshow one of our customers gave a presentation about how to foster a performance oriented culture – one in which employees focus on the organization’s goals. Ron Bates, Human Resources for Harbor Group International had some great points to make about how HR can help develop individuals to adopt high performance attitudes, emotions and behaviors; ultimately fostering collaboration and teamwork.

Bates said that to effectively encourage potential, employers [...]

Check out this post on KnowHR on a study from Institute for Corporate Productivity on how companies handle their high performers. The survey found that 70% of companies identify their high performance workers… which is great, because it means organizations are taking steps towards retaining their top talent.

However, the survey also shows that while organizations take the time to identify these workers, many organizations don’t do much with that information. In a climate [...]

Recently, the Human Capital Institute had a webinar with three Halogen customers — Clark Nuber, Lee Enterprises and the Zoological Society of San Diego who shared some great insights into how midmarket enterprises are making the most of talent management and turning it into a strategic asset for their organizations.

Here’s some of the key learnings shared from these organizations:

From Julie Stickney, Director, HR at Lee Enterprises, America’s fourth largest publisher:

• Stay Focused: Top priorities within [...]

Here at Halogen, we work with hundreds of midmarket companies, and one thing we often hear from our customers is how they want to take HR to the next level. That is, less focus on the tactical tasks of executing a review or modernizing a process to eliminate paper, and more focus on strategic initiatives that impact the business as a whole.

This is by no means a new problem for HR, but the good news [...]