Halogen eAppraisal gives HR the ability to allow or block managers from making changes to their employees’ goals between formal performance appraisal cycles. We find that a lot of our customers have questions about which option is best for them.

Whether you have an automated employee performance management system or not, it’s a question worth pondering. This goal management practice can have a significant influence on your corporate culture, and even on employee engagement [...]

Last week I picked up a study from Chief Learning Officer through this post at on The HR Capitalist. The study, “The Coaching Conundrum 2008” looked at some of the challenges that managers face when it comes to coaching. The study was conducted by BlessingWhite and surveyed 710 North American managers.

The two biggest challenges? Not having all the answers and coaching takes too long, at 30 and 29 percent respectively. I don’t [...]

In a recent blog on BNET, Jessica Stillman quotes a new survey from the Institute of Corporate Productivity. She says the report finds that: “Two thirds of firms recently reported not being immediately prepared to fill a vacancy at the top of their organization, though the very biggest companies seem more prepared than the rest.”