I’ve been really enjoying watching the Olympics over the past few weeks, but not necessarily for the obvious reasons. While it is great seeing the performances of top athletes from around the world and the pride of medal winners as they stand on the podium, what I find fascinating is each athlete’s back story. It’s no secret that making it to the Vancouver games is the culmination of years of extremely hard work and an investment of time, money and well, the belief of countless people including families, entire communities, and coaches along the way.

Manufacturing is a broad and complex market, especially when it comes to talent management. Last fall, we launched a talent management suite built specifically for manufacturing organizations to help them create a high performance workforce while demonstrating compliance with regulations and standards such as OSHA and ISO, and initiatives such as Lean and Six Sigma. It’s definitely an interesting market, and I wanted to share the story of just one of our more than 200 [...]

We talk a lot about coaching best practices on this blog, and how important it is to make it an ongoing priority. I read a great post on this topic last week by Annabel Kaye on her Koffeeklatch blog on HR Zone, When Does Performance Management Become Bullying? It essentially describes what happens when coaching comes too late, in the form of a performance improvement plan.

Last week, the gang over at Fistful of Talent released the latest list of the top 25 blogs focused on HR. It’s well worth a look and I’m willing to bet you’ll find a few new ones. Some of my absolute favorites are on this list, and as a group, these individuals are sharing informative and sometimes groundbreaking ideas.

I am pleased to share that the Halogen Talent Management Blog is now part of the HRM Today blog network. HRM Today is a social network and collaborative multi-author blog bringing the best of HR management to the forefront.