We’re so pleased… We’ve recently announced our 4th Annual Halogen User Conference, scheduled for September 14-15 in Ottawa, and it’s going to be better than ever. Today’s HR leaders face unprecedented challenges and real opportunities when it comes to managing talent, and preparing their organizations for future success. And that’s what we’re focusing on this year. Our agenda includes an extra breakout track, pre-and post conference training and more opportunities to learn than ever. Each of the sessions in our expanded agenda is designed to help HR maximize investments in talent management solutions, and provide new strategies for expanding your company’s use of key applications. We’ll have ideas to help with performance management, compensation planning, learning management and succession.

I recently had another guest post over at Fistful of Talent as part of the Don’t Feed the Vendors Series, this time on goal management. Here’s the post courtesy of Fistful of Talent:

As HR professionals, there’s a lot we can do to help our organizations weather an economic downturn.

In all honesty, good talent management practices are important to corporate success in any economy. After all, the whole purpose of talent management is to help your organization get the most from its most valuable resource – its people. And in case you needed it, there is ample research available that finds companies who implement integrated talent management practices consistently outperform their peers.

I came across an interesting article recently; about the new work approach “millennial” employees are taking in response to the continued economic downturn. The article discussed how young workers are fearful of losing their entry-level jobs and are turning to some tried-and-true performance enhancements to hold onto them: