I just read an interesting article on CNN.com on How To ‘Manage Up’ A Difficult Boss, which shares some great ideas on the subject.

Odds are that at some point in your own career, you’ve had a manager that is hard to deal with. The article shares the story of Yael Zofi, who had a difficult boss in the 1990s. Her strategy was to “manage up” or as the article explains:

One important performance management task that often gets overlooked is the employee self-evaluation. In many companies, performance appraisals are still seen as something that “gets done” to employees or something that employees “undergo”. I think this approach is one of the reasons why employees are often disengaged from the process and why performance appraisals are dreaded.

Last week we announced that we are working with St. Louis-based St. Anthony’s Medical Center on their strategic talent management programs. What’s cool about this is how they are using our solutions to support their leadership excellence programs and to drive outstanding patient care. Especially when you consider that a recent Aberdeen Group benchmark study of more than 150 healthcare organizations in the United States cited performance management, succession planning and engagement as the highest priority areas in the healthcare market.

Last week, Jason Buss Talent Buzz had a post naming the top 25 HR Pros on Twitter, and it is well worth a look if you are seeking people to follow. We are thrilled to be included on this list, and if you’d like to follow us on Twitter we’re @halogensoftware.

One of the hottest HR topics we expect to see being discussed in 2010 revolves around an item in our Raging Debates Forum – the concept of ROWE. As Sean wrote here a few months ago,

The ROWE is a management strategy espoused by companies like Best Buy where employees are paid for results – and have complete control over their schedules. The idea is that employees do what they want, when they want. The [...]