With over 270 000 citizens, the City of Henderson understands the importance of using effective talent management to enhance employee engagement and performance, and in turn support city goals, such as improved services and sustainability. The City will be using Halogen eAppraisal to effectively link individual goals to organizational values, and they will now be able to strategically link employee and departmental goals with core values. This will drive accountability and greater employee buy-in.

When it comes to organizational goals the public sector is primarily focused on service to citizens and other stakeholders. In Henderson’s case, the City is working towards providing better service and value to its citizens by creating an environment where municipal leaders can quickly see how employees are supporting City values. Plus, employees gain a better understanding of how their day-to-day work supports City values.

Another great public sector example of providing service and accountability is our customer Douglas County District School Board. They were highlighted in an article that recently appeared on CivSource Online on Halogen’s work in the public sector, and how Douglas County is driving organization-wide accountability.

I look forward to sharing more public sector talent management stories with you moving ahead.

Recent research shows that retention is increasing as a priority for organizations as the economy recovers. Current research also tells us that there are a few basic talent management practices a company can undertake to increase employee retention.

These include:

• Setting clear expectations
• Enabling employees to see clearly how their work matters to the organization
• Emphasizing feedback
• Framing rewards, recognition, and fairness from the employee point of view
• Providing employee development opportunities, even on a limited budget

These seem like simple items, but we know that without proper tools and processes in place, they get lost in the shuffle…

In our webinar, Steve Roesler, a leading expert in the field of leadership and engagement, will discuss the links between these high impact talent management practices and increased retention, and Kim Ellis, Director of Human Resources for SNC-Lavalin O&M will share experiences from her organization where they transformed and automated their processes to entrench talent management across the company to support increased retention.

I’m excited to hear what they have to say about this important metric. There’s still plenty of time to register and join us.