A few weeks ago I found an interesting article about employee satisfaction and employee retention efforts in the healthcare industry in the July – September issue of The Healthcare Manager – “Employee Satisfaction and Employee Retention: Catalysts to Patient Satisfaction”. The article is a great read, packed with helpful information on industry trends.

When it comes to employee performance management we discuss the positives of the process more often than not. Over the past week or so, I’ve read a few different posts and articles that provide some great insights on how poor performers impact organizations and how to deal with them.

At last week’s Halogen User Conference, we honored three of our customers – CentraState Health System, L-3 Communications Interstate Electronics Corporation and Zoological Society of San Diego – with awards for their success in strategic talent management programs.

On September 25, 2008 we’re sponsoring an interesting HR.com webinar on Pay For Performance.

While pay for performance seems to be making headlines lately, especially for healthcare organizations, the concept has been around for a while. But as those of us who’ve tried to implement it know, it’s challenging to administer and you often don’t get the desired results.

I’m back in the office today after spending the last three days with our customers at our annual user conference. What a blast. I want to personally thank everyone who made the trip to Ottawa and for helping to make this year’s conference the best yet. A special thank you goes out to our speakers for their hard work and for sharing their best practices and experience with the group.