Summer’s finally here! The great days of backyard BBQs, soaking in the sun, and kicking back with the kids are upon us… But most of us still have to work, at least a little bit. So, what’s your focus for these long summer days at the office?

With many employees on vacation, this is the natural time to catch up on shelved projects or run popular training programs with smaller groups (e.g. those courses with longer [...]

I’m back to the office after a few very busy days at SHRM in Chicago. Overall it was a productive show, with a ton of stuff happening! I wanted to take this chance to share just a few pieces of news coming out of this year’s show.

On the Halogen end of things, we announced a new partnership with HodesiQ that will enable our joint customers to integrate recruiting and on-boarding with employee performance and talent [...]

Traditionally, the healthcare arena wasn’t one in which cultivating a high performance workforce had been a focus. Merit pay increases and spot bonuses just weren’t part of the picture for most healthcare workers.

But increasingly, organizations are competing head to head for skilled talent – making retention and employee engagement key priorities. There are increased numbers of younger workers who expect and demand performance reviews and ongoing development opportunities. Couple that with enhanced Joint Commission [...]

Google the terms high-performance workforce, high-performance culture, or high-performance employee and you’ll get links to a variety of blog posts and articles that tell you how to get there. In the end, most of them end up telling you that you need:

• An environment of trust
• Discipline
• A clear strategy
• Aligned goals throughout your organization
• Clear communication on performance results and goals
• Training and development plans for all employees
• A system of regular feedback for employees

Most of these articles also tell us [...]

Recently, I tripped across a funny employee performance review for Albert Einstein, posted on Peter Norvig’s web page. I must say, reading it had me enjoy a few good laughs.

But I feel badly for poor Albert… I don’t think he was fairly assessed in this case. It sure doesn’t seem as though he was given all the tools needed to be a top performing employee?

Firstly, in the Job Description section, Dr. Haller [...]